CVE-2019-0566

Microsoft Edge Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVE-2019-0566 is fixed in 17 products on 1 platform, first by KB4480961, released January 8, 2019. It is not reported as exploited, but the vendor rates exploitation more likely. Patch Radar priority: Urgent.

Urgent
CVSS
4.3
Important
Exploitation
More likely
Vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.1862
97th percentile

<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Microsoft Edge Browser Broker COM object. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could use the Browser Broker COM object to elevate privileges on an affected system.</p> <p>This vulnerability by itself does not allow arbitrary code execution; however, it could allow arbitrary code to be run if the attacker uses it in combination with another vulnerability (such as a remote code execution vulnerability or another elevation of privilege vulnerability) that is capable of leveraging the elevated privileges when code execution is attempted.</p>

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Microsoft
Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems 14393.2724 KB4480961 Jan 8, 2019
Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems 14393.2724 KB4480961 Jan 8, 2019
Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1703 for 32-bit Systems 15063.1563 KB4480973 Jan 8, 2019
Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1703 for x64-based Systems 15063.1563 KB4480973 Jan 8, 2019
Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems 16299.904 KB4480978 Jan 8, 2019
Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1709 for ARM64-based Systems 16299.904 KB4480978 Jan 8, 2019
Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems 16299.904 KB4480978 Jan 8, 2019
Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems 17134.523 KB4480966 Jan 8, 2019
Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1803 for ARM64-based Systems 17134.523 KB4480966 Jan 8, 2019
Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems 17134.523 KB4480966 Jan 8, 2019
Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems 17763.253 KB4480116 Jan 8, 2019
Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems 17763.253 KB4480116 Jan 8, 2019
Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems 17763.253 KB4480116 Jan 8, 2019
Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems 10240.18094 KB4480962 Jan 8, 2019
Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows 10 for x64-based Systems 10240.18094 KB4480962 Jan 8, 2019
Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows Server 2016 14393.2724 KB4480961 Jan 8, 2019
Microsoft Edge (EdgeHTML-based) on Windows Server 2019 17763.253 KB4480116 Jan 8, 2019

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