CVE-2018-8353 Public exploit EPSS 67.3%
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the scripting engine handles objects in memory in…
Summary
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in how the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Internet Explorer, affecting Internet Explorer 9, 10, and 11.
Official description · CVE.org
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Internet Explorer, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability." This affects Internet Explorer 9, Internet Explorer 11, Internet Explorer 10. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8355, CVE-2018-8359, CVE-2018-8371, CVE-2018-8372, CVE-2018-8373, CVE-2018-8385, CVE-2018-8389, CVE-2018-8390.
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24.9 / 100
- Exploited
- Not confirmed
- Reports
- 0
- Tactics
- 6/15
How an attack unfolds
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Public exploit code (Exploit-DB) appeared 13 days after disclosure. No confirmed exploitation is recorded.
- Disclosedday 0
- Public exploit codeExploit-DB+13 days
MITRE ATT&CKA public catalogue of the techniques attackers use, maintained by MITRE. Patchfirst uses it to describe what attackers do with a vulnerability. techniques
8 TechniqueOne specific attacker behaviour in MITRE ATT&CK, such as T1190 “Exploit Public-Facing Application”. IDs with a dot, like T1059.004, are sub-techniques., grouped by TacticThe attacker’s goal at a stage of an attack in MITRE ATT&CK, such as Initial Access or Persistence. Each technique belongs to one or more tactics. in kill-chain order 8Initial AccessTA0001
Phishing T1566
MITRE CTID mapping of the CVE · how it is exploited
ExecutionTA0002
Malicious File T1204.002
MITRE CTID mapping of the CVE · how it is exploited
MITRE CTID mapping of the CVE · primary impact
PersistenceTA0003
Create Account T1136
MITRE CTID mapping of the CVE · follow-on activity
CollectionTA0009
Data from Local System T1005
MITRE CTID mapping of the CVE · follow-on activity
ImpactTA0040
Data Destruction T1485
MITRE CTID mapping of the CVE · follow-on activity
Application or System Exploitation T1499.004
MITRE CTID mapping of the CVE · primary impact
Data Manipulation T1565
MITRE CTID mapping of the CVE · follow-on activity
Detection
0 rules for this CVE · 104 general rules for its techniquesRules for this CVE
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General rules for this CVE’s techniques
These detect the technique in general, not this specific vulnerability.
PhishingT156614 general rules
- CVE-2021-31979 CVE-2021-33771 Exploitscriticaltest
- CVE-2021-31979 CVE-2021-33771 Exploits by Sourgumcriticaltest
- HTML Help HH.EXE Suspicious Child Processhightest
- Okta FastPass Phishing Detectionhightest
- Phishing Pattern ISO in Archivehightest
- Potential Malicious Usage of CloudTrail System Managerhightest
- Suspicious External WebDAV Executionhightest
- Suspicious HH.EXE Executionhightest
Malicious FileT1204.00239 general rules
- Droppers Exploiting CVE-2017-11882criticalstable
- Ursnif Malware C2 URL Patterncriticalstable
- Exploit for CVE-2017-8759criticaltest
- Potential Maze Ransomware Activitycriticaltest
- File With Uncommon Extension Created By An Office Applicationhightest
- Flash Player Update from Suspicious Locationhightest
- GAC DLL Loaded Via Office Applicationshightest
- HackTool - LittleCorporal Generated Maldoc Injectionhightest
Hijack Execution FlowT15748 general rules
- Exploiting SetupComplete.cmd CVE-2019-1378hightest
- Potential PrintNightmare Exploitation Attempthightest
- Suspicious Printer Driver Empty Manufacturerhightest
- DLL Execution Via Register-cimprovider.exemediumtest
- Potential Initial Access via DLL Search Order Hijackingmediumtest
- Potential Registry Persistence Attempt Via DbgManagedDebuggermediumtest
- Regsvr32 DLL Execution With Uncommon Extensionmediumtest
- Windows Spooler Service Suspicious Binary Loadinformationaltest
Application or System ExploitationT1499.0043 general rules
- Audit CVE Eventcriticaltest
- Apache Segmentation Faulthightest
- Nginx Core Dumphightest
Create AccountT11363 general rules
Data from Local SystemT100514 general rules
- OpenCanary - SMB File Open Requesthightest
- Potential Conti Ransomware Database Dumping Activity Via SQLCmdhightest
- SQLite Chromium Profile Data DB Accesshightest
- SQLite Firefox Profile Data DB Accesshightest
- VeeamBackup Database Credentials Dump Via Sqlcmd.EXEhightest
- Script Interpreter Spawning Credential Scanner - Linuxhighexperimental
- Script Interpreter Spawning Credential Scanner - Windowshighexperimental
- Shai-Hulud NPM Package Malicious Exfiltration via Curlhighexperimental
Data DestructionT148520 general rules
- Fsutil Suspicious Invocationhighstable
- Potential BlackByte Ransomware Activityhightest
- Potential File Overwrite Via Sysinternals SDeletehightest
- Renamed Sysinternals Sdelete Executionhightest
- AWS EFS Fileshare Mount Modified or Deletedmediumtest
- Azure Device or Configuration Modified or Deletedmediumtest
- Azure Kubernetes Network Policy Changemediumtest
- Azure Kubernetes RoleBinding/ClusterRoleBinding Modified and Deletedmediumtest
Data ManipulationT15653 general rules
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