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HistoryApr 11, 2018 - 12:00 a.m.

Microsoft Windows SAFEARRAY Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

2018-04-1100:00:00
Anonymous
www.zerodayinitiative.com
12

EPSS

0.124

Percentile

95.5%

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Microsoft Windows. 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 handling of SAFEARRAY objects. By performing actions in script, an attacker can cause a pointer to be reused after it has been freed. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current process.