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CVE-2021-36930:
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Overview
Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability was identified and tracked as CVE-2021-36930. The vulnerability was published on September 2, 2021, and affects Microsoft Edge browser versions up to (excluding) 93.0.961.38 (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as an Elevation of Privilege issue with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.1 HIGH (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) according to NIST assessment, while Microsoft's assessment rated it as 5.3 MEDIUM (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L). The vulnerability is associated with CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management) (NVD).
Impact
If exploited, this vulnerability could allow an attacker to gain elevated privileges in Microsoft Edge, potentially leading to unauthorized access to sensitive information, system modifications, or execution of arbitrary code with elevated privileges (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Microsoft has released a security update to address this vulnerability. Users should update to Microsoft Edge version 93.0.961.38 or later to mitigate this vulnerability (MSRC).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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