CVE-2021-34475
vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) was affected by an Elevation of Privilege vulnerability identified as CVE-2021-34475. The vulnerability was discovered and assigned on June 9, 2021, affecting Microsoft Edge versions prior to 91.0.864.59 (CERT-FR, CVE).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assessed with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.4 (MEDIUM) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N. This indicates that the vulnerability is network-accessible, requires low attack complexity, needs no privileges, but does require user interaction (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability could allow an attacker to achieve elevation of privileges and security policy bypass in Microsoft Edge (CERT-FR).

Mitigation and workarounds

Microsoft addressed this vulnerability by releasing version 91.0.864.59 of Microsoft Edge. Users are advised to update to this version or later to mitigate the vulnerability (CERT-FR).

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