CVE-2017-0233 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Microsoft Edge that could allow an attacker to escape from the AppContainer sandbox in the browser, aka "Microsoft Edge Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-0241.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02619.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Microsoft Subscribe	Edge Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:edge:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-0597	An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Microsoft Edge that could allow an attacker to escape from the AppContainer sandbox in the browser, aka "Microsoft Edge Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-0241.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98179
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0233

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2017-05-12T14:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T12:55:19.131Z

Reserved: 2016-09-09T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-0233

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-05-12T14:29:02.643

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-0233

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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