4.4Medium
Microsoft Edge Chromium
CVE-2021-36931
Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
What this means for your business
- It affects Microsoft Edge Chromium. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
- An attacker can use it only with access to the machine itself, without a login, but only after tricking someone into an action such as opening a file or a link.
What to do
- 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Microsoft Edge Chromium, and which version. The affected versions are listed further down this page.
- 2If you do, apply the vendor's fix. A patch or vendor advisory has been published.
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Scoring
- CVSS
- 4.4 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N- Weakness
- CWE-269
- Assigned by
- secure@microsoft.com
Dates
- Published
- 2021-08-26
- Last modified
- 2026-08-10
- Sources
- NVD
Affected products
- Microsoft Edge Chromium- 92.0.902.55
As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.