HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2020-0813

Chakracore vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
5.3%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Chakra improperly discloses the contents of its memory, which could provide an attacker with information to further compromise the user’s computer or data.To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker must know the memory address of where the object was created.The update addresses the vulnerability by changing the way certain functions handle objects in memory., aka 'Scripting Engine Information Disclosure Vulnerability'.
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Chakracore
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Published
2020-03-12

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 5.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2020-0813

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Chakracore is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2020-0813.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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