CVE-2017-11918

HIGH

ChakraCore and Microsoft Edge - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

ChakraCore and Microsoft Edge in Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, 1709, and Windows Server 2016 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-2017-11886, CVE-2017-11889, CVE-2017-11890, CVE-2017-11893, CVE-2017-11894, CVE-2017-11895, CVE-2017-11901, CVE-2017-11903, CVE-2017-11905, CVE-2017-11905, CVE-2017-11907, CVE-2017-11908, CVE-2017-11909, CVE-2017-11910, CVE-2017-11911, CVE-2017-11912, CVE-2017-11913, CVE-2017-11914, CVE-2017-11916, and CVE-2017-11930.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Google Security Research · javascriptdoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43469

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.7341
EPSS Percentile 98.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (3)
microsoft/chakracore < 1.7.5
microsoft/edge
Microsoft Corporation/ChakraCore, Microsoft Edge Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, 1709, and Windows Server 2016.
Published Dec 12, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026