PT-2019-2232 · Microsoft · Edge+1

Published 2019-05-14 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2019-0940

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 Edge and Internet Explorer (affected versions not specified)

Description A remote code execution issue exists due to the way Microsoft browsers access objects in memory. This could allow an attacker to corrupt memory, enabling the execution of arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the current user has administrative rights, the attacker could gain 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:2019-02003

CVE-2019-0940

ZDI-19-470

Affected Products

Edge

Internet Explorer

References · 6

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0940 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-02003 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-0940 · Vendor Advisory
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-19-470 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-0940 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-0940 · Security Note