Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Spoofing Vulnerability
Released: Jan 24, 2025
- Assigning CNA
- Microsoft
- CVE.org link
- CVE-2025-21262
- Impact
- Spoofing
- Max Severity
- Low
- Weakness
- CVSS Source
- Microsoft
- Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
- Metrics
- CVSS:3.1 5.4 / 4.7Base score metrics: 5.4 / Temporal score metrics: 4.7
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Exploit Code Maturity
Unproven
Remediation Level
Official Fix
Report Confidence
Confirmed
Please see Common Vulnerability Scoring System for more information on the definition of these metrics.
Executive Summary
User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) allows an unauthorized attacker to perform spoofing over a network
Exploitability
The following table provides an exploitability assessment for this vulnerability at the time of original publication.
- Publicly disclosed
- No
- Exploited
- No
- Exploitability assessment
- Exploitation Less Likely
FAQ
According to the CVSS metric, Confidentiality and Integrity are rated as Low and Availability is None (C:L, I:L, A:N). What does that mean for this vulnerability?
An attacker is only able to comprise files that they were allowed access to as part of their initial privilege but cannot affect the availability of the browser.
What is the version information for this release?
Microsoft Edge Version | Date Released | Based on Chromium Version |
---|---|---|
132.0.2957.127 | 1/24/2025 | 132.0.6834.111 |
According to the CVSS metric, user interaction is required (UI:R). What interaction would the user have to do?
An attacker must send the user a malicious file and convince them to open it.
Acknowledgements
- Sazzad Mahmud Tomal
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