Privilege Escalation Affecting microsoft.chakracore package, versions [,1.11.6)


0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.25% (65th percentile)
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NVD
8.1 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DOTNET-MICROSOFTCHAKRACORE-173940
  • published 1 Apr 2019
  • disclosed 12 Feb 2019
  • credit Yuki Chen of Qihoo 360 Vulcan Team

How to fix?

Upgrade Microsoft.ChakraCore to version 1.11.6 or higher.

Overview

Microsoft.ChakraCore is the core part of the Chakra Javascript engine that powers Microsoft Edge

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Privilege Escalation. The vulnerability exists in the JIT server. An attacker could gain elevated privileges.