High Threat Security Alert (A24-08-12): Multiple Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Edge

Description:

Microsoft released a security update to address multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft Edge. A remote attacker could entice a user to open a web page with specially crafted content on a vulnerable browser to exploit the vulnerabilities.

Reports indicate that the remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2024-7971) is being exploited in the wild. System administrators and users are advised to take immediate action to patch your affected systems to mitigate the elevated risk of cyber attacks.

Affected Systems:

• Microsoft Edge prior to version 128.0.2739.42

Impact:

Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities could lead to remote code execution, denial of service, information disclosure or security restriction bypass on an affected system.

Recommendation:

System administrators and users of affected systems should update Microsoft Edge to version 128.0.2739.42 or later to address the issue.

More Information:

• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/DeployEdge/microsoft-edge-relnotes-security#august-22-2024
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-7964 (to CVE-2024-7969)
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-7971 (to CVE-2024-7981)
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-8033 (to CVE-2024-8035)
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-38209 (to CVE-2024-38210)
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-41879