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Medium MSRC-CVE-2022-26909 1 CVE

Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Published Apr 12, 2022 · Updated Apr 1, 2022

Summary

Impact: Elevation of Privilege. Microsoft rating: Moderate. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation Less Likely. Customer action: Required.

Details

According to the CVSS metric, the attack complexity is high (AC:H). What does that mean for this vulnerability?
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires an attacker to take additional actions prior to exploitation to prepare the target environment.

Why is the severity for this CVE rated as Moderate, but the CVSS score is 8.3?
Per our severity guidelines, the amount of user interaction or preconditions required to allow this sort of exploitation downgraded the severity. The CVSS scoring system doesn't allow for this type of nuance.

What is the version information for this release?
100.0.1185.29: 100.0.1185.29, 4/1/2022: 4/1/2022, 100.0.4896.60: 100.0.4896.60

Security updates
100.0.1185.29 — https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/DeployEdge/microsoft-edge-relnotes-security

Vulnerabilities 1

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