CVE-2022-41115: Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Update Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Overview

Severity

Medium (CVSS 6.6)

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Category

Elevation of Privilege

Exploit Status

Not Exploited

Exploitation Likelihood

Less Likely

Patch Tuesday

2022-Dec

Released

2022-12-05

Last Updated

2022-12-21

EPSS Score

0.79% (percentile: 73.8%)

FAQ

According to the CVSS metric, privileges required is high (PR:H). What does that mean for this vulnerability? Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires an attacker to compromise admin credentials on the device. 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 prepare the target environment to improve exploit reliability. What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability? An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could allow the Edge Updater to run as SYSTEM privileges. What is the version information for this release? Microsoft Edge Version Date Released Based on Chromium Version 108.0.1462.41 12/5/2022 108.0.5359.94

Affected Products (1)

Browser

• Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Updater

Acknowledgments

<a href="https://twitter.com/kaijieguigui">Kaijie & Guigui</a>

Revision History

• 2022-12-05: Information published.
• 2022-12-21: Added an acknowledgement. This is an informational change only.