PT-2017-1478 · Microsoft · Edge

Published 2017-03-14 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2017-0140

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Edge (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to insufficient access control in Microsoft Edge, allowing a remote attacker to bypass existing access restriction policies for HTML elements in other browser windows. This is due to the browser's failure to correctly apply the Same Origin Policy for HTML elements present in other browser windows.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Improper Access Control

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

Related Identifiers

BDU:2017-00623

CVE-2017-0140

Affected Products

Edge

References · 7

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0140 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0140 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-0140 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-00623 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1038006 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/96653 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/MS17-007 · Note