Microsoft Edge access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Microsoft Edge. Affected is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2018-8567. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Microsoft Edge (Web Browser) (version now known). This affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 11/13/2018. The weakness was released 11/13/2018 with Tencent as confirmed security update guide (Website). The advisory is shared at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. The public release was coordinated with Microsoft. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-8567 since 03/14/2018. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/06/2023). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue. The advisory points out:

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft Edge does not properly enforce cross-domain policies, which could allow an attacker to access information from one domain and inject it into another domain.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 118912 (KB4465664 BitLocker Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability), 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 91479 (Microsoft Edge Security Update for November 2018).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (118912) and SecurityFocus (BID 105784†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-126703, VDB-126704, VDB-126705 and VDB-126706. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.6

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Vendor Base Score (Microsoft): 5.4
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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 118912
Nessus Name: KB4465664 BitLocker Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: portal.msrc.microsoft.com
Organization: Tencent
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-8567 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-8567
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-126741

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SecurityFocus: 105784 - Microsoft Edge CVE-2018-8567 Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1042107

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Entryinfo

Created: 11/14/2018 09:45
Updated: 06/06/2023 08:39
Changes: 11/14/2018 09:45 (83), 04/12/2020 10:22 (6), 06/06/2023 08:39 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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