CVE-2023-36559: Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Spoofing Vulnerability

Overview

Severity
Medium (CVSS 4.2)
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Category
Edge - Chromium
Exploit Status
Not Exploited
Exploitation Likelihood
Less Likely
Patch Tuesday
2023-Oct
Released
2023-10-13
Last Updated
2023-11-03
EPSS Score
0.18% (percentile: 40.3%)

FAQ

According to the CVSS metric, user interaction is required (UI:R). What interaction would the user have to do? The user would have to click on a specially crafted URL to be compromised by the attacker. 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. According to the CVSS metrics, successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to minor loss of confidentiality (C:L), integrity (I:L) and availability (A:N). What does that mean for this vulnerability? There are limited impact to Confidentiality and Integrity and no Avaibility impact from exploiting this vulnerability. An attacker would need to combine this with other vulnerabilities to perform an attack.

Affected Products (1)

Browser

  • Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based)

Acknowledgments

Ahmed ElMasry, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/sazzad-mahmud-tomal-4422b0236">Sazzad Mahmud Tomal</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/hafiizh-7aa6bb31/">Hafiizh</a> with https://www.linkedin.com/in/hafiizh-7aa6bb31/

Revision History

  • 2023-10-13: Information published.
  • 2023-11-03: Added an acknowledgement. This is an informational change only.