CVE-2017-8740 Information

Description

Microsoft Edge in Microsoft Windows 10 1703 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user due to the way that the Microsoft Edge scripting engine handles objects in memory aka \Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-8649 CVE-2017-8660 CVE-2017-8729 CVE-2017-8738 CVE-2017-8740 CVE-2017-8741 CVE-2017-8748 CVE-2017-8752 CVE-2017-8753 CVE-2017-8755 CVE-2017-8756 and CVE-2017-11764.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100763 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039342 https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8740 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42764/

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.5