cvelistv5 - CVE-2020-1568

CVE-2020-1568

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2020-08-17 19:13

Modified

2024-08-04 06:39

Severity ?

7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Summary

Microsoft Edge PDF Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

References

▼	URL	Tags
	secure@microsoft.com	https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1568	Patch, Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

▼	Vendor	Product
	Microsoft	Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based)

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