Cross-domain policy bypass in Microsoft Edge - CVE-2017-0002

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass certain security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to Microsoft Edge does not properly enforce cross-domain policies with about:blank. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into visiting it and access information from one domain and inject it into another domain.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to gain unauthorized access to potentially sensitive information and perform cross-site scripting or phishing attacks.

How to mitigate CVE-2017-0002

Sources

• https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/ms17-001.aspx