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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2017-11873 EUVD-2017-3470GHSA-228g-m938-8fh8

ChakraCore and Microsoft Edge in Windows 10 1511, 1607, 1703, 1709, Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server, version 1709 allows an attacker…

Published Nov 15, 2017 · Updated Sep 16, 2024 · Assigned by microsoft

Vendor: Microsoft Product: ChakraCore, Microsoft Edge Category: Browsers

Description

ChakraCore and Microsoft Edge in Windows 10 1511, 1607, 1703, 1709, Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server, version 1709 allows an attacker to gain the same user rights as the current user, due to how the scripting engine handles objects in memory, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-11836, CVE-2017-11837, CVE-2017-11838, CVE-2017-11839, CVE-2017-11840, CVE-2017-11841, CVE-2017-11843, CVE-2017-11846, CVE-2017-11858, CVE-2017-11859, CVE-2017-11861, CVE-2017-11862, CVE-2017-11866, CVE-2017-11869, CVE-2017-11870, and CVE-2017-11871.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Microsoft ChakraCore, Microsoft Edge Windows 10 1511, 1607, 1703, 1709, Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server, version 1709. —

Public exploits

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Exploit-DB 1

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