CVE-2020-1567

Severity
7.5HIGH
EPSS
2.5%
top 14.65%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedAug 17
Latest updateMay 24

Description

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the MSHTML engine improperly validates input. An attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could take control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. In a HTML editing attack scenario,

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:NExploitability: 1.6 | Impact: 2.5

Affected Packages3 packages

CVEListV5microsoft/internet_explorer_91.0.0publication
CVEListV5microsoft/internet_explorer_111.0.0publication

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-ffgx-6737-mpr2: A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the MSHTML engine improperly validates input2022-05-24
CVEList
MSHTML Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability2020-08-17

📋Vendor Advisories

1
Microsoft
MSHTML Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability2020-08-11

💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-19074 kernel: a memory leak in the ath9k management function in allows local DoS2019-11-21