Man-in-the-middle attack in Microsoft Edge - CVE-2019-0641
Published: February 12, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU17570
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-0641
CWE-ID: CWE-300
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Microsoft
Affected software:
Microsoft Edge
Microsoft Edge
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to an error when Microsoft Edge handles whitelisting. A remote attacker can use a man-in-the-middle attack to cause Flash policies to be bypassed and arbitrary Flash content to be loaded without user interaction.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-0641
Install updates from vendor's website.