CVE-2017-11869

Internet Explorer en Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 y R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 y Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 y R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, 1709, Windows Server 2016 y Windows Server 1709 permite que un atacante obtenga los mismos derechos de usuario que el usuario actual, debido a la forma en la que los navegadores Microsoft gestionan los objetos en la memoria. Esto también se conoce como "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability". El ID de este CVE es diferente de CVE-2017-11836, CVE-2017-11837, CVE-2017-11838, CVE-2017-11839, CVE-2017-11840, CVE-2017-11841, CVE-2017-11843, CVE-2017-11846, CVE-2017-11858, CVE-2017-11859, CVE-2017-11861, CVE-2017-11862, CVE-2017-11866, CVE-2017-11870, CVE-2017-11871 y CVE-2017-11873.

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Microsoft Windows. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.
The specific flaw exists within the implementation of the Join function in VBScript. By performing actions in VBScript, an attacker can trigger an integer overflow before allocating a buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current process.