Microsoft Edge (Chromium) < 104.0.1293.60 Vulnerability

medium Nessus Plugin ID 164253

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Synopsis

The remote host has an web browser installed that is affected by a vulnerability

Description

The version of Microsoft Edge installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 104.0.1293.60. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the August 17, 2022 advisory.

- Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Intents. (CVE-2022-2856)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Microsoft Edge version 104.0.1293.60 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 164253

File Name: microsoft_edge_chromium_104_0_1293_60.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 8/18/2022

Updated: 10/13/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-2856

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:edge

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Microsoft Edge (Chromium), SMB/Registry/Enumerated

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/16/2022

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 9/8/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-2856

Detections

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