CVE-2020-1059
MediumCVSS 4.3Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
High risk79th percentile - higher than 79% of all known CVEs
Summary
A spoofing vulnerability in Microsoft Edge due to improper parsing of HTTP content. An attacker can trick a user by redirecting to a specially crafted website that can spoof content or serve as a pivot for further attacks. Requires user clicking a specially crafted URL.
Risk Assessment
Users can be deceived and directed to malicious websites, potentially leading to data theft or further compromise.
Recommendation
Install the Microsoft Edge update that corrects HTTP response parsing.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Edge
See all- CVE-2017-11861High
A vulnerability in the Microsoft Edge scripting engine in Windows 10 and Windows Server allows an attacker to gain the same user rights as the current user due to improper handling of objects in memory.
- CVE-2017-11845High
A vulnerability in Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 1703 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user due to improper handling of objects in memory.
- CVE-2017-11800High
Microsoft Edge in Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user due to how the scripting engine handles objects in memory.
- CVE-2017-11798High
Microsoft Edge in Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user, due to how the scripting engine handles objects in memory, known as 'Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability'.
- CVE-2017-8757High
Microsoft Edge in Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user, due to the way Microsoft Edge handles objects in memory.
- CVE-2017-8756High
Microsoft Edge in Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user due to the way Microsoft Edge accesses objects in memory.
- CVE-2017-8755High
Microsoft Edge in Windows 10 (1511, 1607, 1703) and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user due to the way the scripting engine handles objects in memory, known as 'Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability'.
- CVE-2017-8752High
Microsoft Edge in Windows 10 (1511, 1607, 1703) and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user due to the way the Microsoft Edge scripting engine handles objects in memory.
- CVE-2017-8751High
A vulnerability in Microsoft Edge in Windows 1703 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user due to the way Microsoft Edge accesses objects in memory.
- CVE-2017-8740High
Microsoft Edge in Windows 10 version 1703 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user due to the way the Microsoft Edge scripting engine handles objects in memory.
Original NVD description (English source)
A spoofing vulnerability exists when Microsoft Edge does not properly parse HTTP content. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could trick a user by redirecting the user to a specially crafted website. The specially crafted website could either spoof content or serve as a pivot to chain an attack with other vulnerabilities in web services. To exploit the vulnerability, the user must click a specially crafted URL. In an email attack scenario, an attacker could send an email message containing the specially crafted URL to the user in an attempt to convince the user to click it. In a web-based attack scenario, an attacker could host a specially crafted website designed to appear as a legitimate website to the user. However, the attacker would have no way to force the user to visit the specially crafted website. The attacker would have to convince the user to visit the specially crafted website, typically by way of enticement in an email or instant message, and then convince the user to interact with content on the website. The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Microsoft Edge parses HTTP responses.