PT-2018-18503 · Microsoft · Edge

Jake Archibald · Published 2018-06-12 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2018-8235

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

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

Description A security feature bypass issue exists due to Microsoft Edge's improper handling of requests from different origins. This allows the browser to bypass Same-Origin Policy (SOP) restrictions and process requests that should be ignored. An attacker could exploit this to force the browser to send restricted data.

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

Exploit

Origin Validation Error

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-346

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-8235

Affected Products

Edge

References · 6

• 🔥 https://jakearchibald.com/2018/i-discovered-a-browser-bug · Exploit
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8235 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8235 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8235 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/104343 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1041097 · Note