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CVE-2022-26891 (GCVE-0-2022-26891)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-04-05 20:05 – Updated: 2025-01-02 18:51
VLAI
Title
Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Summary
Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Severity
8.3 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CWE
  • Elevation of Privilege
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Microsoft Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Affected: 1.0.0 , < 100.0.1185.29 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:edge_chromium:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Date Public
2022-04-01 07:00
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