High Threat Security Alert (A21-11-01): Multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based)

Description:

Microsoft released a security update to address multiple vulnerabilities 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 vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-38000 and CVE-2021-38003) are 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 95.0.1020.40

Impact:

Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities could lead to remote code execution on an affected system.

Recommendation:

Users of affected systems should update Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) to version 95.0.1020.40 or later to address the issue.

The list of security updates can be found at:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/DeployEdge/microsoft-edge-relnotes-security#october-29-2021

More Information:

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/DeployEdge/microsoft-edge-relnotes-security#october-29-2021
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-37997 (to CVE-2021-38003)