Remote Code Execution (RCE) Affecting microsoft.chakracore package, versions [,1.7.3)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DOTNET-MICROSOFTCHAKRACORE-173807
- published 24 Mar 2019
- disclosed 10 Oct 2017
- credit Lokihardt of Google Project Zero
Introduced: 10 Oct 2017
CVE-2017-11799 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Microsoft.ChakraCore
to version 1.7.3 or higher.
Overview
Microsoft.ChakraCore is a core part of the Chakra Javascript engine that powers Microsoft Edge
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE) due to the way that the ChakraCore scripting engine handles objects in memory. The vulnerability can cause memory corruption so an attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, the attacker could take control of an affected system, and will be able to install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.