PT-2019-2231 · Microsoft · Edge

Published 2019-05-14 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2019-0938

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

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

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

Description An elevation of privilege issue exists in Microsoft Edge, allowing an attacker to escape the AppContainer sandbox. This could enable an attacker to gain elevated privileges and break out of the Edge AppContainer sandbox. The issue by itself does not allow arbitrary code execution but could be used in conjunction with other vulnerabilities, such as remote code execution and another elevation of privilege vulnerability, to exploit elevated privileges.

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

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2019-02002

CVE-2019-0938

ZDI-19-471

Affected Products

Edge

References · 5

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0938 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-0938 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-0938 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-02002 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-19-471 · Security Note