The Internet Explorer installation on the remote host is missing security updates. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

  - 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.
    (CVE-2018-8353, CVE-2018-8371, CVE-2018-8373,     CVE-2018-8389)

  - A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way     that Microsoft browsers access objects in memory. The     vulnerability could corrupt memory in a way that could     allow an attacker to 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.  (CVE-2018-8403)

  - A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way     the scripting engine handles objects in memory in     Microsoft browsers. 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.
    (CVE-2018-8355, CVE-2018-8372, CVE-2018-8385)

  - An information disclosure vulnerability exists when     affected Microsoft browsers improperly allow cross-frame     interaction. An attacker who successfully exploited this     vulnerability could allow an attacker to obtain browser     frame or window state from a different domain. For an     attack to be successful, an attacker must persuade a     user to open a malicious website from a secure website.
    This update addresses the vulnerability by denying     permission to read the state of the object model, to     which frames or windows on different domains should not     have access. (CVE-2018-8351)

  - A remote code execution vulnerability exists when     Internet Explorer improperly validates hyperlinks before     loading executable libraries. An attacker who     successfully exploited this 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.
    (CVE-2018-8316)

Detections

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Security Updates for Internet Explorer (August 2018)

high Nessus Plugin ID 111695

Version 1.12

Version 1.11

Version 1.12 Mar 26, 2025, 6:39 PM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 score" set to 7.5) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H") CVSSv3 score source (changed from "manual" to none) Plugin Feed: 202503261839
Version 1.11 Feb 18, 2025, 11:54 PM Plugin metadata (CVSS 3 Change AC:H --> AC:L where needed) Plugin Feed: 202502182354