CVE-2025-21399 (GCVE-0-2025-21399)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-01-17 19:19
Modified
2025-06-18 14:42
Severity ?
7.4 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CWE
Summary
Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Update Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Microsoft Microsoft Edge Update Setup Version: 1.0.0.0   < 1.3.195.43
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