CVE-2017-11901

Published Dec 12, 2017

Last updated 7 years ago

Overview

Description
Internet Explorer in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, 1709, and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to gain the same user rights as the current user, due to how Internet Explorer handles objects in memory, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-11886, CVE-2017-11889, CVE-2017-11890, CVE-2017-11893, CVE-2017-11894, CVE-2017-11895, CVE-2017-11903, CVE-2017-11905, CVE-2017-11907, CVE-2017-11908, CVE-2017-11909, CVE-2017-11910, CVE-2017-11911, CVE-2017-11912, CVE-2017-11913, CVE-2017-11914, CVE-2017-11916, CVE-2017-11918, and CVE-2017-11930.
Source
secure@microsoft.com
NVD status
Analyzed

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0

Type
Primary
Base score
7.5
Impact score
5.9
Exploitability score
1.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity
HIGH

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
7.6
Impact score
10
Exploitability score
4.9
Vector string
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-119

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations