CVE-2017-8740 - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Microsoft	Edge Windows 10

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:edge:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1703:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
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/

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2017-09-13T01:00:00Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T01:51:20.489Z

Reserved: 2017-05-03T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-8740

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2017-09-13T01:29:11.550

Modified: 2019-05-03T12:27:41.437

Link: CVE-2017-8740

Redhat

No data.

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