PT-2020-1774 · Microsoft · Chakracore+1

Published 2020-03-10 · Updated 2021-07-28 · CVE-2020-0831

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 Microsoft Edge (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to a remote code execution vulnerability in the ChakraCore scripting engine, which handles objects in memory inadequately. This could allow an attacker to corrupt memory and 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, enabling 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

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

BDU:2020-01018

CVE-2020-0831

GHSA-H2XM-2P6W-MJ2V

Affected Products

Chakracore

Edge

References · 6

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-h2xm-2p6w-mj2v · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-0831 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-0831 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0831 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-01018 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-0831 · Security Note