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Trending CVEs for the Week of September 23rd, 2019
- Sep 25, 2019
- Michael Tucker
CVE-2019-1367 – Microsoft Zero-Day Vulnerability – Out-of-band Patch
Description
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Internet Explorer. The vulnerability could corrupt memory in such a way that an attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could gain the same user rights as 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 web-based attack scenario, an attacker could host a specially crafted website that is designed to exploit the vulnerability through Internet Explorer and then convince a user to view the website, for example, by sending an email.
The security update addresses the vulnerability by modifying how the scripting engine handles objects in memory.
Affected Product
- Internet Explorer 11 runs on Windows 10, 8.1, 7, Windows Server 2008, 2012, 2016, 2019
- Internet Explorer 10 runs on Windows Server 2012
- Internet Explorer 9 runs on Windows 2008
Fixes/Workarounds
Restrict access to JScript.dll
For 32-bit systems, enter the following command at an administrative command prompt:
takeown /f %windir%system32jscript.dll
cacls %windir%system32jscript.dll /E /P everyone:N
For 64-bit systems, enter the following command at an administrative command prompt:
takeown /f %windir%syswow64jscript.dll
cacls %windir%syswow64jscript.dll /E /P everyone:N
takeown /f %windir%system32jscript.dll
cacls %windir%system32jscript.dll /E /P everyone:N
Impact of Workaround
Implementing these steps might result in reduced functionality for components or features that rely on jscript.dll. To be fully protected, Microsoft recommends the update be installed as soon as possible. Please revert the mitigation steps before installing the update to return to a full state.
By default, IE11, IE10, and IE9 uses Jscript9.dll which is not impacted by this vulnerability. This vulnerability only affects certain websites that utilize jscript as the scripting engine.
How to undo the workaround
For 32-bit systems, enter the following command at an administrative command prompt:
cacls %windir%system32jscript.dll /E /R everyone
For 64-bit systems, enter the following command at an administrative command prompt:
cacls %windir%system32jscript.dll /E /R everyone
cacls %windir%syswow64jscript.dll /E /R everyone