CVE-2023-36787 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Published: 2023-08-21

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: 3.8% 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	< 116.0.1938.54

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-2023-40730	Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.03845.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36787
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202402-05

History

Fri, 27 Feb 2026 04:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Microsoft Edge Chromium

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2023-08-21T19:04:29.357Z

Updated: 2025-01-01T01:58:31.434Z

Reserved: 2023-06-27T15:11:59.871Z

Link: CVE-2023-36787

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T17:01:08.926Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-08-21T20:15:08.637

Modified: 2025-01-01T02:16:19.053

Link: CVE-2023-36787

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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