PT-2018-1492 · Microsoft · Edge

Dannywei + 2 · Published 2018-08-14 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2018-8358

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

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

Description A security issue exists due to Microsoft Edge's improper handling of redirect requests. This allows an attacker to bypass Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) restrictions. By exploiting this, an attacker could force the browser to send restricted data to a website of their choice using a specially crafted webpage.

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

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-19

Related Identifiers

BDU:2018-01043

CVE-2018-8358

Affected Products

Edge

References · 7

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8358 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-01043 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8358 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8358 · Security Note
• https://support.microsoft.com/help/4343887 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1041457 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/105017 · Note