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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2018-8452

Medium
4.3/10

Summary

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the scripting engine does not properly handle objects in memory in Microsoft browsers, aka "Scripting Engine Information Disclosure Vulnerability." This affects ChakraCore, Internet Explorer 11, Microsoft Edge.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • NONE

CWE-200 - Information Exposure

An information exposure vulnerability is categorized as an information flow (IF) weakness, which can potentially allow unauthorized access to otherwise classified information in the application, such as confidential personal information (demographics, financials, health records, etc.), business secrets, and the application's internal environment.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published