Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Spoofing Vulnerability

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202208-25 (Chromium, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, QtWebEngine: Multiple Vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Chromium and its derivatives. Please review the CVE     identifiers referenced below for details.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Gentoo Linux security advisory.

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

The version of Microsoft Edge installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 101.0.1210.32. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the April 28, 2022 advisory.

  - Use after free in Dev Tools in Google Chrome prior to 101.0.4951.41 allowed a remote attacker to     potentially exploit heap corruption via specific and direct user interaction. (CVE-2022-1493)

  - Use after free in Vulkan in Google Chrome prior to 101.0.4951.41 allowed a remote attacker to potentially     exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (CVE-2022-1477)

  - Use after free in SwiftShader in Google Chrome prior to 101.0.4951.41 allowed a remote attacker to     potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (CVE-2022-1478)

  - Use after free in ANGLE in Google Chrome prior to 101.0.4951.41 allowed a remote attacker to potentially     exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (CVE-2022-1479)

  - Use after free in Sharing in Google Chrome on Mac prior to 101.0.4951.41 allowed a remote attacker who     convinced a user to engage in specific user interaction to potentially exploit heap corruption via a     crafted HTML page. (CVE-2022-1481)

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
164112	GLSA-202208-25 : Chromium, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, QtWebEngine: Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	Local	critical
160319	Microsoft Edge (Chromium) < 101.0.1210.32 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	Local	high

Detections

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CVE-2022-29147

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Tenable Plugins

critical

high