CVE-2017-0233

HighCVSS 8.3/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Microsoft Edge that could allow an attacker to escape from the AppContainer sandbox in the browser, aka "Microsoft Edge Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-0241.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 8.3/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
May 12, 2017
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2017-0233: High severity, CVSS 8.3 | Vulnix