PT-2018-18533

CVE-2018-8288

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Published

2018-07-10

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Updated

2025-10-28

Description by

CVSS 2.0
7.6
High
MetricsAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft browsers (affected versions not specified)
Description A remote code execution issue exists in the way the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Microsoft browsers. This could corrupt memory, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the current user has administrative rights, the attacker could gain control of the system, enabling them to install programs, view, change, or delete data, and create new accounts with full user rights.
Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploitability
Exploit
Impacts
Researchers
Vendors
Affected products
Weakness enumeration
Related identifiers
GHSA-4F79-FXH8-VGQ2
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