PT-2017-18497 · Microsoft · Windows Server 2016+3

Published 2017-09-12 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2017-8723

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Edge in Microsoft Windows versions prior to the fixed version

Description A security issue exists in Microsoft Edge due to the way the Edge Content Security Policy (CSP) validates certain specially crafted documents. This allows an attacker to trick a user into loading a page containing malicious content.

Recommendations For Microsoft Edge in Microsoft Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-8723

Affected Products

Edge

Windows

Windows 10

Windows Server 2016

References · 5

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8723 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8723 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8723 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1039326 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/100768 · Note