cve-2025-21399
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-01-17 19:19
Modified
2025-04-02 13:24
Severity ?
7.4 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Summary
Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Update Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
References
secure@microsoft.comhttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21399
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/elevation-of-privilege-vulnerability-in-microsoft-edge-chromium-based-detection-script
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/elevation-of-privilege-vulnerability-in-microsoft-edge-chromium-based-mitigation-script
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Microsoft Microsoft Edge Update Setup Version: 1.0.0.0   < 1.3.195.43
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