CVE-2017-8642

medium Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
6.1
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score
1.0%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 22% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Published: August 8, 2017 (3201 days ago)
Last Modified: May 13, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

Microsoft Edge in Microsoft Windows 10 1703 allows an attacker to elevate privileges due to the way that Microsoft Edge validates JavaScript under specific conditions, aka "Microsoft Edge Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-8503.

CWE

CWE-79

Affected Products

microsoft edge

References

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