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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2017-11844

Medium
4.3/10

Summary

Microsoft Edge in Microsoft Windows 10 1703, 1709 and Windows Server, version 1709 allows an attacker to obtain information to further compromise the user's system, due to how Microsoft Edge handles objects in memory, aka "Microsoft Edge Information Disclosure Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-11803 and CVE-2017-11833.

  • 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