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