Microsoft Internet Explorer 9/10/11 Scripting Engine memory corruption
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A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9/10/11 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component Scripting Engine. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Internet Explorer in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 and R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, 1709, and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to gain the same user rights as the current user, due to how Internet Explorer handles objects in memory, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-11886, CVE-2017-11889, CVE-2017-11890, CVE-2017-11893, CVE-2017-11894, CVE-2017-11895, CVE-2017-11901, CVE-2017-11905, CVE-2017-11907, CVE-2017-11908, CVE-2017-11909, CVE-2017-11910, CVE-2017-11911, CVE-2017-11912, CVE-2017-11913, CVE-2017-11914, CVE-2017-11916, CVE-2017-11918, and CVE-2017-11930.
The bug was discovered 12/12/2017. The weakness was presented 12/12/2017 by Ivan Fratric with Google Project Zero as KB4053578 as confirmed security update guide (Website). The advisory is shared at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-11903 since 07/31/2017. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The advisory points out:
A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Internet Explorer improperly accesses objects in memory. The vulnerability could corrupt memory in such a way that an attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, the attacker could take control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.
A public exploit has been developed by Google Security Research and been published 1 weeks after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 105184 (Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 December 2017 Security Updates), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 100325 (Microsoft Internet Explorer Security Update for December 2017). The code used by the exploit is:
<!-- saved from url=(0014)about:internet --> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=8"></meta> <script language="Jscript.Encode"> var vars = new Array(100); for(var i=0;i<100;i++) vars[i] = {}; function f() { vars[1] = 1; CollectGarbage(); return {}; } vars[1].toString = f; Array.prototype.join.call(vars); </script>
Applying the patch KB4053578 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at catalog.update.microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (105184) and Exploit-DB (43367). See 110522, 110523, 110524 and 110525 for similar entries.
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Nessus ID: 105184
Nessus Name: Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 December 2017 Security Updates
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OpenVAS ID: 863099
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities (KB4052978)
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Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: KB4053578
Researcher: Ivan Fratric
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-11903 (🔍)
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SecurityTracker: 1039991
SecurityFocus: 102047 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Scripting Engine CVE-2017-11903 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 12/13/2017 07:52Updated: 01/27/2021 06:49
Changes: 12/13/2017 07:52 (100), 12/16/2019 10:38 (7), 01/27/2021 06:49 (2)
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