PT-2020-1724 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2020-02-11 · Updated 2025-04-08 · CVE-2020-0673

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 exists due to errors in handling objects in memory by the scripting engine. 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 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

Buffer Overflow

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

BDU:2020-00957

CVE-2020-0673

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 6

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0673 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-0673 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-00957 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-0673 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-0673 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/118255 · Telegram Post