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zdiYu Haiwan and Wu HongJun from Nanyang Technological UniversityZDI-18-1408
HistoryDec 13, 2018 - 12:00 a.m.

Microsoft Windows JScript Array concat Uninitialized Pointer Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

2018-12-1300:00:00
Yu Haiwan and Wu HongJun from Nanyang Technological University
www.zerodayinitiative.com
10

0.077 Low

EPSS

Percentile

94.2%

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Microsoft Windows JScript. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the implementation of the Array.concat method in JScript. By creating an out-of-memory condition, an attacker can trigger access to a pointer prior to initialization. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process.