CVE-2016-7240

EPSS 66.5%

Vexday Risk Score

35Attention

SSVC decision (CISA)

Attend

PoC available → attend closely

Exploit maturity

Proof of concept

Public proof of concept exists, but not yet automated.

CVSS —EPSS 66.5%KEV nãoPoC públicaNuclei —Metasploit —Patch referenciado

Lifecycle

10 Nov 2016Published on NVD

17 Nov 2016Public PoC

Weaponization speed

7 daysto first PoC

Weaponized quickly — attackers prioritized this vulnerability. Patch urgently.

Recommendation: Plan a near-term fix — a public PoC already exists.

The Chakra JavaScript scripting engine in Microsoft Edge allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-7200, CVE-2016-7201, CVE-2016-7202, CVE-2016-7203, CVE-2016-7208, CVE-2016-7242, and CVE-2016-7243.

Affected products

n/a · n/a

public PoCs found — 2

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References

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-129 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40773/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94046 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037245