Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Spoofing Vulnerability

Security 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

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
Microsoft recognizes the efforts of those in the security community who help us protect customers through coordinated vulnerability disclosure. See Acknowledgements for more information.

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