Privilege escalation requiring user interaction
Published Jan 23, 2023 · Updated Jan 1, 2025
Elevation of privilege in Microsoft Edge Extended Stable before 108.0.1462.83 allows remote attackers to gain elevated privileges. Microsoft has not disclosed the affected component, attacker-controlled input, or faulty operation. Exploitation requires user interaction and additional preparation before the browser's security boundary can be crossed.
Summary
What happened
Elevation of privilege in Microsoft Edge Extended Stable before 108.0.1462.83 allows remote attackers to gain elevated privileges. Microsoft has not disclosed the affected component, attacker-controlled input, or faulty operation. Exploitation requires user interaction and additional preparation before the browser's security boundary can be crossed.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-21796
- Published
- Jan 23, 2023
- Updated
- Jan 1, 2025
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based)
- Classifications
- Unavailable
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jan 23, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jan 1, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=1.0.0 <108.0.1462.83
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