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Microsoft Edge Chromium CVE-2021-21185: Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions

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Microsoft Edge Chromium CVE-2021-21185: Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
03/09/2021
Created
11/18/2021
Added
11/17/2021
Modified
01/17/2023

Description

Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions in Google Chrome prior to 89.0.4389.72 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to obtain sensitive information via a crafted Chrome Extension.

Solution(s)

  • microsoft-edge-upgrade-latest

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