The Microsoft (1) VBScript 5.7 and 5.8 and (2) JScript 5.7 and 5.8 engines, as used in Internet Explorer 8 through 11 and other products, al

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

• microsoft jscript5.7
• microsoft jscript5.8
• microsoft vbscript5.7
• microsoft vbscript5.8

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

• CVE-2016-0189The Microsoft (1) JScript 5.8 and (2) VBScript 5.7 and 5.8 engines, as used in Internet Explorer 9 through 11 and other products, allow remoKEV
  88Now
• CVE-2015-2482The Microsoft (1) VBScript 5.7 and 5.8 and (2) JScript 5.7 and 5.8 engines, as used in Internet Explorer 8 through 11 and other products, al
  47Plan
• CVE-2015-6055The Microsoft (1) VBScript 5.7 and 5.8 and (2) JScript 5.7 and 5.8 engines, as used in Internet Explorer 8 through 11 and other products, al
  45Plan
• CVE-2015-6136The Microsoft (1) VBScript 5.7 and 5.8 and (2) JScript 5.7 and 5.8 engines, as used in Internet Explorer 8 through 11 and other products, al
  44Plan
• CVE-2011-0663Multiple integer overflows in the Microsoft (1) JScript 5.6 through 5.8 and (2) VBScript 5.6 through 5.8 scripting engines allow remote atta
  43Plan
• CVE-2015-6089The Microsoft (1) VBScript and (2) JScript engines, as used in Internet Explorer 8 through 11, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary c
  41Plan

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Root cause

The extension requests broader permissions than its function needs and sends the data it collects out for purposes beyond its stated function.

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

1{2  "permissions": ["tabs", "<all_urls>"],3  "background": { "service_worker": "analytics.js" }4}

1{2  "permissions": ["activeTab"],3  "host_permissions": ["https://yildiz.example/*"]4}

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.