Remote Code Execution (RCE) Affecting microsoft.chakracore package, versions [,1.8.4)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DOTNET-MICROSOFTCHAKRACORE-173872
- published 24 Mar 2019
- disclosed 8 May 2018
- credit Lucas Pinheiro - Windows & Devices Group - Operating System Security Team
How to fix?
Upgrade Microsoft.ChakraCore
to version 1.8.4 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 Chakra scripting engine handles objects in memory in Microsoft Edge. This can cause corruption of memory leading to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. An attacker may gain the same user rights as the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker will be able to take control of an affected system: install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.