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Microsoft Windows Media Foundation Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

2018-06-1300:00:00
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www.zerodayinitiative.com
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microsoft windows
media foundation
remote code execution
user interaction
vulnerability
media libraries
pointer reuse

EPSS

0.006

Percentile

78.3%

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Microsoft Windows. 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 Media Foundation libraries. By performing actions in script, an attacker can cause a pointer to be reused after it has been freed. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current process.