Microsoft Edge/ChakraCore Scripting Engine information disclosure
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Summary
A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Edge and ChakraCore and classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the component Scripting Engine. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2019-1023. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Edge and ChakraCore (Web Browser) (the affected version is unknown). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Scripting Engine. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the scripting engine does not properly handle objects in memory in Microsoft Edge, aka 'Scripting Engine Information Disclosure Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2019-0990.
The weakness was disclosed 06/11/2019 as confirmed security update guide (Website). The advisory is available at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. The public release has been coordinated in cooperation with the vendor. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-1023 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. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project. The advisory points out:
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the scripting engine does not properly handle objects in memory in Microsoft Edge. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user’s system.
The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 91543 (Microsoft Edge Security Update for June 2019).
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The entries VDB-136266, VDB-136267, VDB-136268 and VDB-136269 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.
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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: 5.9VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.9
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Vendor Base Score (Microsoft): 6.5
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Exploiting
Class: Information disclosureCWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Timeline
11/26/2018 🔍06/11/2019 🔍
06/11/2019 🔍
06/12/2019 🔍
05/21/2025 🔍
Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: portal.msrc.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2019-1023 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-1023
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-136322
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Entry
Created: 06/12/2019 09:48Updated: 05/21/2025 01:14
Changes: 06/12/2019 09:48 (71), 06/22/2020 11:42 (2), 05/21/2025 01:14 (27)
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Cache ID: 216::103
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