CVE-2023-36741 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Published: 2023-08-26

Score: 8.3 High

EPSS: 1.8% 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
`1.0.0.0`	affected	< 116.0.1938.62

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-40684	Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

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 0.01841.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36741
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202402-05

History

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:45:00 +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: 2023-08-26T00:14:34.249Z

Updated: 2026-08-10T15:12:04.465Z

Reserved: 2023-06-26T13:29:45.608Z

Link: CVE-2023-36741

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T16:52:54.127Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-08-26T01:15:08.460

Modified: 2026-08-10T16:18:29.093

Link: CVE-2023-36741

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-416
Use After Free
NVD-CWE-noinfo

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