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HistoryMar 08, 2016 - 12:00 a.m.

Microsoft Edge CAsyncTpWorker Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

2016-03-0800:00:00
Jaanus Kp - Clarified Security
www.zerodayinitiative.com
12

0.658 Medium

EPSS

Percentile

97.9%

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Microsoft Edge. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the code that renders PDF documents. By supplying a malformed PDF document an attacker can cause Microsoft Edge to use a Infra::CAsyncTpWorker object in memory after it has been freed. An attacker can leverage this to execute arbitrary code under the context of the current process.