Microsoft Edge Site Isolation origin validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Microsoft Edge. Affected is an unknown function of the component Site Isolation. The manipulation results in an unknown weakness. This vulnerability was named CVE-2021-21175. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Microsoft Edge (Web Browser) (affected version not known). Affected is some unknown functionality of the component Site Isolation. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-346. The product does not properly verify that the source of data or communication is valid. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was presented 03/04/2021 as confirmed security guidance (Website). The advisory is shared for download at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2021-21175. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 03/29/2021). The advisory points out:

This CVE was assigned by Chrome. Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) ingests Chromium, which addresses this vulnerability. Please see

It is declared as proof-of-concept.

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

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.1

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.7
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Vendor Base Score (Microsoft): 6.8
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NVD Base Score: 6.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Origin validation
CWE: CWE-346 / CWE-345
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Timelineinfo

12/21/2020 🔍
03/04/2021 +73 days 🔍
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03/10/2021 +5 days 🔍
03/29/2021 +19 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: portal.msrc.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2021-21175 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-21175
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-170928

Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2021 10:56
Updated: 03/29/2021 23:20
Changes: 03/10/2021 10:56 (27), 03/10/2021 11:00 (27), 03/29/2021 23:17 (2), 03/29/2021 23:20 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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