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CVE-2018-8174 — Microsoft Windows VBScript Engine Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability

provenance: imported · CVE: CVE-2018-8174 · CWE: CWE-787

CVE-2018-8174: Microsoft Windows VBScript Engine Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Vendor / project Microsoft
Product Windows
Date added 2022-02-15
Due date 2022-08-15
Ransomware campaign use Known

Description

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the VBScript engine handles objects in memory, aka "Windows VBScript Engine Remote Code Execution"

Required action (CISA)

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Notes

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8174

Weakness behind it

CISA records this vulnerability as an instance of CWE-787. From there the chain continues into CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques, all inside this corpus.

References

  • NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8174
  • KEV catalog: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog

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