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CVE-2017-8498

MEDIUM severity · CVSS 4.3 · Information disclosure
4.3CVSS MEDIUM

Summary

Microsoft Edge in Windows 10 1607 and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to read data not intended to be disclosed when Edge allows JavaScript XML DOM objects to detect installed browser extensions, aka "Microsoft Edge Information Disclosure Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-8504.

Impact & exploitability

Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionRequired
Confidentiality impactLow
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)5%

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected products we track (2)

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Official patch: https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8498 ↗