PT-2019-3182 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Elliot Cao · Published 2019-09-10 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2019-1208

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 A remote code execution issue exists due to the way the VBScript engine handles objects in memory. This could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user by exploiting the vulnerability with a specially crafted web page. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker who successfully exploits the issue could take control of an affected system, then 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

Use After Free

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2019-03171

CVE-2019-1208

ZDI-19-831

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 9

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-1208 · Vendor Advisory
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1208 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-03171 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-19-831 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-1208 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1208 · Security Note
• https://t.me/defcon_news/24527 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/canyoupwnme/5884 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/ckure/2607 · Telegram Post