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HistoryFeb 10, 2016 - 12:00 a.m.

Microsoft Edge Text Node Type Confusion Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

2016-02-1000:00:00
003
www.zerodayinitiative.com
21

EPSS

0.779

Percentile

98.3%

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Microsoft Edge. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The vulnerability relates to how Microsoft Edge processes text nodes within document fragments. By manipulating a document’s elements an attacker can cause Microsoft Edge to use a flag value as if it were a pointer to a Tree::ANode object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current process.