CVE-2021-31937 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Published: 2023-06-28

Score: 8.2 High

EPSS: 1.4% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Microsoft

Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based)

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`1.0.0`	affected	< 91.0.864.37

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:edge_chromium:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-18810	Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01391.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2021-31937

History

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Fri, 28 Feb 2025 20:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-269

Subscriptions

Microsoft Edge Chromium

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2023-06-28T17:27:17.404Z

Updated: 2025-02-28T19:40:48.893Z

Reserved: 2021-04-30T21:49:41.911Z

Link: CVE-2021-31937

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T23:10:31.277Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-06-28T18:15:11.543

Modified: 2025-02-28T20:15:38.843

Link: CVE-2021-31937

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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