CVE-2023-28261 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Published: 2023-04-27

Score: 5.7 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very 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) Extended Stable

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`1.0.0`	affected	< 110.0.1587.78

Microsoft

Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based)

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`1.0.0`	affected	< 111.0.1661.54

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:edge_chromium:::::extended_stable:::*
	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-2023-31968	Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00202.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-28261
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-17

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: 2023-04-27T18:33:43.121Z

Updated: 2025-02-28T19:43:44.407Z

Reserved: 2023-03-13T22:18:32.392Z

Link: CVE-2023-28261

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T12:30:24.719Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-04-27T19:15:20.350

Modified: 2025-02-28T20:15:42.067

Link: CVE-2023-28261

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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