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MS17-001: Security Update for Microsoft Edge (3214288)

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MS17-001: Security Update for Microsoft Edge (3214288)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/10/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
01/10/2017
Modified
11/18/2021

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft Edge does not properly enforce cross-domain policies with about:blank, which could allow an attacker to access information from one domain and inject it into another domain. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could elevate privileges in affected versions of Microsoft Edge.

Solution(s)

  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS17-001-2522e2db-a76a-4fbb-b137-8f83710b2467
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS17-001-595afb3b-ed53-45da-993f-b35a9d5965f9
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS17-001-82d6a920-2963-4e6b-822f-003dcfeb0257
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS17-001-b1da7b15-b82c-4437-8f5a-3fac0aefe602
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS17-001-c0393ee2-fff8-4b15-8c25-6df800be98d1
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS17-001-ca24a175-7282-4db8-9ee7-d2708443b456
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS17-001-cfe51e6a-9f65-427d-bc08-66b38a527acc

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