High Threat Security Alert (A22-09-04): Vulnerability in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based)

Description:

Microsoft released a security update to address a vulnerability in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based). A remote attacker could entice a user to open a web page with specially crafted content on a vulnerable browser to exploit the vulnerability.

Reports indicate that the vulnerability (CVE-2022-3075) is being exploited in the wild. You are advised to take immediate action to patch your affected systems to mitigate the elevated risk of cyber attacks.

Affected Systems:

• Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) prior to version 105.0.1343.27

Impact:

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability could lead to security restriction bypass on an affected system.

Recommendation:

Users of affected systems should update Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) to version 105.0.1343.27 or later to address the issue.

The list of security updates can be found at:
This link will open in a new windowhttps://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/DeployEdge/microsoft-edge-relnotes-security#september-2-2022

More Information:

• This link will open in a new windowhttps://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/DeployEdge/microsoft-edge-relnotes-security#september-2-2022
• This link will open in a new windowhttps://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-3075