Vulnerability CVE-2018-8491

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2018-8491 (CCN-150401)

Assigned:

2018-10-09

Published:

2018-10-09

Updated:

2020-08-24

Summary:

A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Internet Explorer improperly accesses objects in memory, aka "Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability." This affects Internet Explorer 11. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8460.

CVSS v3 Severity:

7.5 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
6.5 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): High Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): High Integrity (I): High Availibility (A): High

7.5 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
6.5 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): High Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): High Integrity (I): High Availibility (A): High

CVSS v2 Severity:

7.6 High (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): High Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Complete Integrity (I): Complete Availibility (A): Complete

7.1 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): High Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Complete Integrity (I): Complete Availibility (A): Complete