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High MSRC-CVE-2022-33680 1 CVE

Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Published Jun 14, 2022 · Updated Jun 30, 2022

Summary

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

Details

How could an attacker exploit this vulnerability via the Network?
An attacker could host a specially crafted website designed to exploit the vulnerability through Microsoft Edge and then convince a user to view the website. However, in all cases an attacker would have no way to force a user to view the attacker-controlled content. Instead, an attacker would have to convince a user to take action, typically by an enticement in an email or instant message, or by getting the user to open an attachment sent through email.

According to the CVSS metric, a successful exploitation could lead to a scope change (S:C). What does this mean for this vulnerability?
This vulnerability could lead to a browser sandbox escape.

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.

What is the version information for this release?
103.0.1264.44: 103.0.1264.44, 6/30/2022: 6/30/2022, 103.0.5060.53: 103.0.5060.53

Security updates
103.0.1264.44 — https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/DeployEdge/microsoft-edge-relnotes-security

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Revision history

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