PT-2018-1642 · Microsoft · Edge

Published 2018-09-11 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2018-8425

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

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

Description A spoofing issue exists due to Microsoft Edge's improper handling of specific HTML content. This could allow a remote attacker to trick a user into believing they are on a legitimate website by spoofing content. The attacker could achieve this by having the user browse to a specially crafted malicious website or by redirecting them to it.

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

Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

UI Misrepresentation of Critical Information

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-290

CWE-451

Related Identifiers

BDU:2018-01201

CVE-2018-8425

Affected Products

Edge

References · 6

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8425 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8425 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8425 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-01201 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1041623 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/105255 · Note