PT-2020-2811 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Yuki Chen · Published 2020-06-09 · Updated 2020-06-12 · CVE-2020-1216

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 errors in handling objects in memory by the VBScript engine. Exploitation of this issue could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user, potentially gaining the same user rights as the current user. If the current user has administrative rights, the attacker could take control of the affected system, allowing 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.

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2020-02939

CVE-2020-1216

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 6

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-1216 · Vendor Advisory
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1216 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-1216 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-02939 · Security Note
• https://safe-surf.ru/specialists/bulletins-nkcki/653056 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1216 · Security Note