PT-2019-2175 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2019-05-14 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2019-0918

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.6

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Internet Explorer (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to errors in handling objects in memory by the scripting engine in Microsoft browsers. This could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code using a specially crafted web page. The vulnerability can corrupt memory, enabling an attacker to gain the same user rights as the current user. If the current user has administrative rights, the attacker could take control of the affected system, install programs, view, change, or delete data, or create new accounts with full user rights.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Memory Corruption

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2019-01941

CVE-2019-0918

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 7

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0918 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-0918 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-01941 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-0918 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-0918?cpeVersion=2.2 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-0918 · Security Note
• https://cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2019-0918 · Note