CVE-2023-38187: Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Overview

Severity
Medium (CVSS 6.5)
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Category
Edge - Chromium
Exploit Status
Not Exploited
Exploitation Likelihood
Less Likely
Patch Tuesday
2023-Jul
Released
2023-07-21
EPSS Score
0.84% (percentile: 74.6%)

FAQ

What is the version information for this release? Microsoft Edge Channel Microsoft Edge Version Based on Chromium Version Date Released Stable 115.0.1901.183 115.0.5790.98/99 7/21/2023 Extended Stable 114.0.1901.183 114.0.5735.243 7/21/2023 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 metric, successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to some loss of integrity (I:L)? What does that mean for this vulnerability? The attacker is only able to modify limited content of the affected API. According to the CVSS metric, successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to no loss of availability (A:N)? What does that mean for this vulnerability? An attacker cannot impact the availability of the browser.

Affected Products (1)

Browser

  • Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based)

Acknowledgments

<a href="https://twitter.com/shhnjk">Jun Kokatsu</a>

Revision History

  • 2023-07-21: Information published.