CVE-2017-8498

medium Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
4.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score
12.2%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 6% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Published: June 15, 2017 (3256 days ago)
Last Modified: May 13, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

Microsoft Edge in Windows 10 1607 and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to read data not intended to be disclosed when Edge allows JavaScript XML DOM objects to detect installed browser extensions, aka "Microsoft Edge Information Disclosure Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-8504.

CWE

CWE-200

Affected Products

microsoft edge

References

🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 portal.msrc.microsoft.com 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 portal.msrc.microsoft.com