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zdiElliot Cao of Trend Micro Security ResearchZDI-18-953
HistoryAug 14, 2018 - 12:00 a.m.

Microsoft Windows VBScript Array Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

2018-08-1400:00:00
Elliot Cao of Trend Micro Security Research
www.zerodayinitiative.com
18

0.922 High

EPSS

Percentile

99.0%

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Microsoft Windows VBScript. 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 arrays. 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 in the context of the current process.