Vulnerability CVE-2017-8755

Vulnerability CVE-2017-8755

Published: 2017-09-12 Modified: 2017-09-13

Description:

Microsoft Edge in Microsoft Windows 10 1511, 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user, due to the way that the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Microsoft Edge, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-8649, CVE-2017-8649, CVE-2017-8660, CVE-2017-8729, CVE-2017-8738, CVE-2017-8740, CVE-2017-8741, CVE-2017-8748, CVE-2017-8752, CVE-2017-8753, CVE-2017-8756, and CVE-2017-11764.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:

	Topic	Author	Date
Med.	Microsoft Edge Chakra JavascriptFunction::ReparseAsmJsModule Parsing Issue	lokihardt	24.09.2017

Type:

CWE-119

(Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score	Impact Subscore	Exploitability Subscore
7.6/10	10/10	4.9/10

Exploit range	Attack complexity	Authentication
Remote	High	No required
Confidentiality impact	Integrity impact	Availability impact
Complete	Complete	Complete

Affected software
Microsoft -> EDGE

References:

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100778

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039342

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8755

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42766/

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