CVE-2024-21388 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Published: 2024-01-30

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: 24.2% Moderate

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	< 121.0.2277.98

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

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.24241.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-21388

History

Thu, 29 May 2025 15:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Microsoft Edge Chromium

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2024-01-30T17:23:24.876Z

Updated: 2025-05-29T15:04:33.561Z

Reserved: 2023-12-08T22:45:20.453Z

Link: CVE-2024-21388

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T22:20:40.684Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-30T18:15:48.140

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:54:15.523

Link: CVE-2024-21388

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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