Microsoft Internet Explorer 9/10/11 Scripting Engine memory corruption
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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9/10/11 (Web Browser). This affects some unknown processing of the component Scripting Engine. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The bug was discovered 08/14/2018. The weakness was disclosed 08/14/2018 by Ashfaq Ansari (iDefense) with iDEFENSE Labs as confirmed security update guide (Website). The advisory is shared at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. The public release has been coordinated in cooperation with Microsoft. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-8389 since 03/14/2018. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/02/2023). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future. The advisory points out:
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Internet Explorer. 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, an attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability 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.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 111685 (KB4343887: Windows 10 Version 1607 and Windows Server 2016 August 2018 Security Update (Foreshadow)), 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 100341 (Microsoft Internet Explorer Security Update for August 2018).
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (111685) and SecurityFocus (BID 105036†). The entries VDB-122825, VDB-122827, VDB-122828 and VDB-122829 are pretty similar.
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 111685
Nessus Name: KB4343887: Windows 10 Version 1607 and Windows Server 2016 August 2018 Security Update (Foreshadow)
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: portal.msrc.microsoft.com
Researcher: Ashfaq Ansari (iDefense)
Organization: iDEFENSE Labs
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-8389 (🔍)
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SecurityFocus: 105036 - Microsoft Internet Explorer CVE-2018-8389 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 08/14/2018 09:53 PMUpdated: 05/02/2023 08:15 AM
Changes: 08/14/2018 09:53 PM (87), 03/15/2020 03:43 PM (8), 05/02/2023 08:15 AM (5)
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