CVE-2018-8388 describes a medium-severity spoofing vulnerability in Microsoft Edge, where the browser improperly handles specific HTML content. This flaw could allow an attacker to present misleading information to a user, potentially leading to social engineering attacks. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack requiring user interaction, with a low impact on integrity and no impact on confidentiality or availability. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion, though it was addressed in Microsoft's August 2018 Patch Tuesday.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:edge:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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