Microsoft Edge information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Microsoft Edge. The affected element is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-7204. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Edge (Web Browser) (affected version unknown). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Microsoft Edge allows remote attackers to access arbitrary "My Documents" files via a crafted web site, aka "Microsoft Edge Information Disclosure Vulnerability."

The weakness was shared 11/08/2016 by Abdulrahman Alqabandi as MS16-129 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is available at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-7204 since 09/09/2016. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 94630 (MS16-129: Cumulative Security Update for Microsoft Edge (3199057)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 91300 (Microsoft Edge Cumulative Security Update (MS16-129)).

Applying the patch MS16-129 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at technet.microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (94630) and SecurityFocus (BID 93970†). The entries VDB-93366, VDB-93367, VDB-93368 and VDB-93369 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 94630
Nessus Name: MS16-129: Cumulative Security Update for Microsoft Edge (3199057)
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OpenVAS ID: 802074
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Edge Multiple Vulnerabities (3199057)
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Patch: MS16-129

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS16-129
Researcher: Abdulrahman Alqabandi
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2016-7204 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-7204
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-93374

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SecurityFocus: 93970 - Microsoft Edge CVE-2016-7204 Information Disclosure Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1037245

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Entryinfo

Created: 11/09/2016 09:51 AM
Updated: 09/29/2022 06:32 PM
Changes: 11/09/2016 09:51 AM (69), 05/27/2019 09:42 PM (12), 09/29/2022 06:32 PM (2)
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