CVE-2017-11797: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

October 13, 2017 (updated October 19, 2017)

ChakraCore allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user, due to how the ChakraCore scripting engine handles objects in memory, aka “Scripting Engine Information Disclosure Vulnerability”. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-11792, CVE-2017-11793, CVE-2017-11796, CVE-2017-11798, CVE-2017-11799, CVE-2017-11800, CVE-2017-11801, CVE-2017-11802, CVE-2017-11804, CVE-2017-11805, CVE-2017-11806, CVE-2017-11807, CVE-2017-11808, CVE-2017-11809, CVE-2017-11810, CVE-2017-11811, CVE-2017-11812, and CVE-2017-11821.

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/101145
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11797
portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-11797

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