CVE-2020-1567

published 2020-08-17

CVE-2020-1567: A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the MSHTML engine improperly validates input. An attacker could execute arbitrary code in the…

Priority P3 46 high 7.5 CVSS 3.1

AV N AC H PR N UI R S U C H I H A H

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, an attacker could trick a user into editing a specially crafted file that is designed to exploit the vulnerability.
The security update addresses the vulnerability by modifying how MSHTML engine validates input.

Affected

6 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
microsoft	internet_explorer	—	—
microsoft	internet_explorer	—	—
microsoft	internet_explorer_11	>= 1.0.0 < publication	publication
microsoft	internet_explorer_9	>= 1.0.0 < publication	publication
msrc	internet_explorer_11	—	—
msrc	internet_explorer_9	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 7.5 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd v2.0 7.6 HIGH AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

vendor_msrc 7.5 HIGH

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