PT-2020-2842 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Edward Thompson · Published 2020-05-12 · Updated 2021-07-21 · CVE-2020-1062

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 processing objects in memory, which can be exploited by a remote attacker to elevate privileges and execute arbitrary code. This can lead to memory corruption, allowing 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:2020-02996

CVE-2020-1062

ZDI-20-645

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 12

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-02996 · Security Note
• https://safe-surf.ru/specialists/bulletins-nkcki/650725 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-1062 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-1062 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1062 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-645 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1062 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/Accenture/AARO-Bugs · Note
• https://t.me/defcon_news/51768 · Telegram Post
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