Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU17570

#VU17570 Man-in-the-middle attack in Microsoft Edge - CVE-2019-0641

Published: February 12, 2019

Vulnerability identifier: #VU17570

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 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

Vulnerable software:
Microsoft Edge

Software vendor:
Microsoft

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.

Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

External links

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0641