PT-2019-2603 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Yuki Chen · Published 2019-06-11 · Updated 2023-01-31 · CVE-2019-0988

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 Internet Explorer (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to errors in processing objects in memory by the JavaScript script handler in Internet Explorer. Exploitation of this issue could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code using a specially crafted web page. This could corrupt memory, enabling the attacker to execute code in the context of the current user. If the current user has administrative rights, the attacker could gain control of the affected system, allowing them to 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

Buffer Overflow

Memory Corruption

Type Confusion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

CWE-787

CWE-843

Related Identifiers

BDU:2019-02483

CVE-2019-0988

ZDI-19-723

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 7

• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-19-723 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-0988 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-02483 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-0988 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0988 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2019-0988 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-0988 · Security Note