PT-2020-1328 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Yuki Chen · Published 2020-01-14 · Updated 2021-07-21 · CVE-2020-0640

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/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. It allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code using a specially crafted web page. The vulnerability could corrupt memory, enabling an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of 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

Buffer Overflow

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

BDU:2020-00230

CVE-2020-0640

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-0640 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-00230 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0640 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-0640 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-0640 · Security Note