Remote Code Execution (RCE) Affecting microsoft.chakracore package, versions [,1.8.4)
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
High
User Interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
6.14% (94th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DOTNET-MICROSOFTCHAKRACORE-174257
- published 15 Apr 2019
- disclosed 8 May 2018
- credit Yuki Chen of Qihoo 360 Vulcan Team
How to fix?
Upgrade Microsoft.ChakraCore to version 1.8.4 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 Remote Code Execution (RCE). because of improper handling of objects in memory in Microsoft browsers. This may cause the memory to be corrupted so an attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user and gain the same user rights as the current user.