Internet Explorer in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, 1709, and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to gain the same user rights as the current user, due to how Internet Explorer handles objects in memory, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-11886, CVE-2017-11889, CVE-2017-11890, CVE-2017-11893, CVE-2017-11894, CVE-2017-11895, CVE-2017-11903, CVE-2017-11905, CVE-2017-11907, CVE-2017-11908, CVE-2017-11909, CVE-2017-11910, CVE-2017-11911, CVE-2017-11912, CVE-2017-11913, CVE-2017-11914, CVE-2017-11916, CVE-2017-11918, and CVE-2017-11930.
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102046
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039991
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-11901
Source: MITRE
Published: 2017-12-12
Updated: 2017-12-22
Type: CWE-119
Base Score: 7.6
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Impact Score: 10
Exploitability Score: 4.9
Severity: HIGH
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Impact Score: 5.9
Exploitability Score: 1.6
Severity: HIGH