| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Microsoft Edge and ChakraCore. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Scripting Engine. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2019-0652. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.
Details
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Edge and ChakraCore (Web Browser) (unknown version). Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component Scripting Engine. 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.
The bug was discovered 02/12/2019. The weakness was disclosed 02/12/2019 with Tencent as confirmed security update guide (Website). The advisory is shared for download at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. The public release has been coordinated in cooperation with the vendor. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-0652 since 11/26/2018. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 07/09/2023). The advisory points out:
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Microsoft Edge. 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 commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 91502 (Microsoft Edge Security Update for February 2019).
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 vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 106934†). The entries VDB-130765, VDB-130766, VDB-130767 and VDB-130768 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.
Product
Type
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Website
- Vendor: https://www.microsoft.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.0VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.9
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Exploiting
Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Countermeasures
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Timeline
11/26/2018 🔍02/12/2019 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: portal.msrc.microsoft.com
Organization: Tencent
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2019-0652 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-0652
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-130772
SecurityFocus: 106934 - Microsoft Edge Chakra Scripting Engine CVE-2019-0590 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 02/13/2019 00:12Updated: 07/09/2023 14:06
Changes: 02/13/2019 00:12 (73), 05/26/2020 17:42 (6), 07/09/2023 14:06 (4)
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