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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2017-0208

Medium
4.3/10

Summary

An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Microsoft Edge when the Chakra scripting engine does not properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user's system, a.k.a. "Scripting Engine Information Disclosure Vulnerability."

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • NONE

CWE-200 - Information Exposure

An information exposure vulnerability is categorized as an information flow (IF) weakness, which can potentially allow unauthorized access to otherwise classified information in the application, such as confidential personal information (demographics, financials, health records, etc.), business secrets, and the application's internal environment.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published