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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2017-8504

Medium
4.3/10

Summary

Microsoft Edge in Windows 10 1607 and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to read the URL of a cross-origin request when the Microsoft Edge Fetch API incorrectly handles a filtered response type, aka "Microsoft Edge Information Disclosure Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-8498.

  • 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