Microsoft Edge Scripting Engine access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Edge and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Scripting Engine. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2017-0141. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Edge (Web Browser) (the affected version unknown). This issue affects an unknown part of the component Scripting Engine. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 03/14/2017. The weakness was presented 03/14/2017 with Semmle as MS17-007 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). It is possible to read the advisory at technet.microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-0141 since 09/09/2016. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/25/2024). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 97730 (MS17-007: Cumulative Security Update for Microsoft Edge (4013071)), 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 91332 (Microsoft Edge Cumulative Security Update (MS17-007)).

Applying the patch MS17-007 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at technet.microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (97730), SecurityFocus (BID 96685†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1038006†). See VDB-97974, VDB-97975, VDB-97976 and VDB-97977 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 97730
Nessus Name: MS17-007: Cumulative Security Update for Microsoft Edge (4013071)
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OpenVAS ID: 802074
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Edge Multiple Vulnerabilities (4013071)
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Patch: MS17-007

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS17-007
Organization: Semmle
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-0141 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-0141
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-98003

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SecurityFocus: 96685 - Microsoft Edge CVE-2017-0141 Scripting Engine Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-0141 - MS17-007 - Microsoft - Edge - Memory Corruption Issue
SecurityTracker: 1038006

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/15/2017 11:19
Updated: 12/25/2024 04:43
Changes: 03/15/2017 11:19 (75), 09/07/2020 10:47 (7), 09/15/2024 03:29 (19), 12/25/2024 04:43 (1)
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