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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Edge (Web Browser) (the affected version is unknown). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component PDF Reader. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Microsoft Edge PDF Reader improperly handles objects in memory, aka 'Microsoft Edge PDF Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'.
The weakness was released 08/11/2020 as confirmed security update guide (Website). The advisory is available at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. The public release was coordinated with the vendor. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-1568. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/11/2020). The advisory points out:
A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Microsoft Edge PDF Reader improperly handles objects in memory. The vulnerability could corrupt memory in such a way that enables an attacker to 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 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.
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.0VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.9
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VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Vendor Base Score (Microsoft): 4.2
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NVD Base Score: 7.5
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Exploiting
Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Countermeasures
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Timeline
11/04/2019 🔍08/11/2020 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: portal.msrc.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2020-1568 (🔍)
Entry
Created: 08/11/2020 20:23Updated: 11/07/2020 16:58
Changes: 08/11/2020 20:23 (52), 08/11/2020 20:28 (17), 11/07/2020 16:58 (1)
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