PT-2020-1742 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Yuki Chen · Published 2020-03-10 · Updated 2021-07-28 · CVE-2020-0833

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 a remote code execution vulnerability in the way the scripting engine handles objects in memory. This could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with the same user rights as the current user by using a specially crafted web page. 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:2020-00982

CVE-2020-0833

GHSA-86GW-G9JV-8VFG

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-0833 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-0833 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-00982 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-86gw-g9jv-8vfg · Vendor Advisory
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0833 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-0833 · Vendor Advisory