CVE-2017-11767

Critical

Published: 02/11/2017(UTC)Translated: 14/06/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Summary

ChakraCore allows an attacker to gain the same user rights as the current user, due to the way that the ChakraCore scripting engine handles objects in memory.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability may lead to privilege escalation, posing a serious threat to system security and user data.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update ChakraCore to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and to monitor systems for unauthorized access.

Original NVD description (English source)

ChakraCore allows an attacker to gain the same user rights as the current user, due to the way that the ChakraCore scripting engine handles objects in memory, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability".