CVE-2023-36741 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Microsoft	Edge Chromium

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:edge_chromium:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36741
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202402-05

History

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2023-08-26T00:14:34.249Z

Updated: 2026-08-10T15:12:04.465Z

Reserved: 2023-06-26T13:29:45.608Z

Link: CVE-2023-36741

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T16:52:54.127Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-08-26T01:15:08.460

Modified: 2026-08-10T16:18:29.093

Link: CVE-2023-36741

Redhat

No data.

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