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Medium MSRC-CVE-2024-38222 1 CVE

Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Published Sep 11, 2024 · Updated Sep 11, 2024

Summary

Impact: Information Disclosure. Microsoft rating: Moderate. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation Less Likely. Customer action: Required.

Details

What is the version information for this release?
Stable: Stable, 128.0.2739.42: 128.0.2739.42, 128.0.6613.84/.85: 128.0.6613.84/.85, 8/22/2024: 8/22/2024

Why is the severity for this CVE rated as Moderate, but the CVSS score is higher than normal?
Per our severity guidelines, the amount of user interaction or preconditions required to allow this sort of exploitation downgraded the severity, specifically it says, "If a bug requires more than a click, a key press, or several preconditions, the severity will be downgraded". The CVSS scoring system doesn't allow for this type of nuance.

What type of information could be disclosed by this vulnerability?
The type of information that could be disclosed if an attacker successfully exploited this vulnerability is Edge WebUI permission. The vulnerability allows an attacker to access a victim's data (for example, microphone and camera) through the victim's Edge WebUI default permission.

Security updates
128.0.2739.42 — https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/DeployEdge/microsoft-edge-relnotes-security

Vulnerabilities 1

Revision history

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    Information published.

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