THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2018-8372
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2018-8372

Internet Explorer vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
24.8%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Microsoft browsers, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability." This affects ChakraCore, Internet Explorer 11, Microsoft Edge. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8353, CVE-2018-8355, CVE-2018-8359, CVE-2018-8371, CVE-2018-8373, CVE-2018-8385, CVE-2018-8389, CVE-2018-8390.
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Internet Explorer
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2018-08-15

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 24.8% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-8372

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Internet Explorer is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-8372.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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