Security bypass in Microsoft Edge - CVE-2016-3392

 

Security bypass in Microsoft Edge - CVE-2016-3392

Published: October 11, 2016 / Updated: February 14, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU933
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3392
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.

The weakness is due to improper validation of crafted documents by the Edge Content Security Policy used by the affected software. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted Web site containing a malicious content, trick the victim into opening it and bypass security restrictions on the vulnerable system.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in security bypass on the vulnerable system.

Affected software

Microsoft Edge

How to mitigate CVE-2016-3392

Install update from vendor's website.


External References

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