CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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5.5 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Microsoft Compiled HTML Help (affected version unknown). This affects an unknown functionality of the file hh.exe. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The weakness was published 07/16/2019 by John Page (hyp3rlinx) as not defined advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at hyp3rlinx.altervista.org. 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. Technical details and a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.
After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is shared for download at hyp3rlinx.altervista.org. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 82 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.5
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Class: Privileges managementCWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
04/25/2019 🔍07/16/2019 🔍
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07/20/2020 🔍
Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: hyp3rlinx.altervista.org
Researcher: John Page (hyp3rlinx)
Status: Not defined
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Entry
Created: 07/22/2019 13:37Updated: 07/20/2020 18:00
Changes: 07/22/2019 13:37 (45), 07/20/2020 18:00 (1)
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Submitter: hyp3rlinx
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Accepted
- Submit #76: Microsoft Compiled HTML Help / Uncompiled .chm File XML External Entity (by hyp3rlinx)
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