CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-1064

7.5 HIGH Published 2020-05-21 Modified 2026-08-19 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2020-05-21
Last modified
2026-08-19
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.6 HIGH — AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the MSHTML engine improperly validates input. An attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could take control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. In a HTML editing attack scenario, an attacker could trick a user into editing a specially crafted file that is designed to exploit the vulnerability. The security update addresses the vulnerability by modifying how MSHTML engine validates input.

Affected configurations

• microsoft internet explorer 9 • microsoft internet explorer 11

References