Risk Letters

Exploited vulnerability

CVE-2018-8174

TLP:CLEAR

Microsoft Windows VBScript Engine Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability

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

Facts

  • Vendor: Microsoft
  • Product: Windows
  • CVSS: 7.5
  • EPSS (probability of exploitation within 30 days): 88.2 %
  • On CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list since: 15 February 2022
  • First known exploitation: 15 February 2022
  • Used in ransomware campaigns (per CISA): Yes
  • CISA's deadline for US federal agencies: 15 August 2022
  • Weakness: CWE-787
  • First seen by Risk Letters: 15 February 2022

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Data: NVD (public domain), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, MITRE ATT&CK, AlienVault OTX. NVD