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CVE-2017-8498

Microsoft Edge in Windows 10 1607 and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to read...

4.3 Medium

Microsoft Edge in Windows 10 1607 and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to read data not intended to be disclosed when Edge allows JavaScript XML DOM objects to detect installed browser extensions, aka "Microsoft Edge Information Disclosure Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-8504.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

5.18%Down 1.9 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 4.3

Microsoft Edge in Windows 10 1607 and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to read data not intended to be disclosed when Edge allows JavaScript XML DOM objects to detect installed browser extensions, aka "Microsoft Edge Information Disclosure Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-8504.

Record
CVE-2017-8498
CVSS 3.0
4.3 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0
4.3 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Microsoft Edge in Windows 10 1607 and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to read data not intended to be disclosed when Edge allows JavaScript XML DOM objects to detect installed browser extensions, aka "Microsoft Edge Information Disclosure Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-8504.

Record
CVE-2017-8498
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-17448 No score

Microsoft Edge in Windows 10 1607 and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to read data not intended to be disclosed when Edge allows JavaScript XML DOM objects to detect installed browser extensions, aka "Microsoft Edge Information Disclosure Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-8504.

Record
EUVD-2017-17448
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cv8w-4mvf-w685 4.3

Microsoft Edge in Windows 10 1607 and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to read...

Microsoft Edge in Windows 10 1607 and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to read data not intended to be disclosed when Edge allows JavaScript XML DOM objects to detect installed browser extensions, aka "Microsoft Edge Information Disclosure Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-8504.

Record
GHSA-cv8w-4mvf-w685
CVSS 3.0
4.3 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliases, productsEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2017-8498 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Microsoft Edge, published June 15, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 5.18%, the 92nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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