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CVE-2020-1380

high · 7.8Actively exploited

On the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

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Added 2021-11-03Remediation due 2022-05-03

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Internet Explorer. The vulnerability could corrupt memory in such a way that an attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could take control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. In a web-based attack scenario, an attacker could host a specially crafted website that is designed to exploit the vulnerability through Internet Explorer and then convince a user to view the website. An attacker could also embed an ActiveX control marked "safe for initialization" in an application or Microsoft Office document that hosts the IE rendering engine. The attacker could also take advantage of compromised websites and websites that accept or host user-provided content or advertisements. These websites could contain specially crafted content that could exploit the vulnerability. The security update addresses the vulnerability by modifying how the scripting engine handles objects in memory.

7.8
CVSS
24.2%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
98th
EPSS percentile
2020-08-17
Published

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CWE-787

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
microsoftinternet_explorer11
microsoftwindows_10_1507all versions
microsoftwindows_10_1607all versions
microsoftwindows_10_1709all versions
microsoftwindows_10_1803all versions
microsoftwindows_10_1809all versions
microsoftwindows_10_1903all versions
microsoftwindows_10_1909all versions
microsoftwindows_10_2004all versions
microsoftwindows_7all versions
microsoftwindows_8.1all versions
microsoftwindows_rt_8.1all versions
microsoftwindows_server_2008r2
microsoftwindows_server_2012all versions
microsoftwindows_server_2012r2
microsoftwindows_server_2016all versions
microsoftwindows_server_2019all versions

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References

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