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CVE-2017-8504 — Microsoft Edge security vulnerability

Medium CVSS 4.3

Microsoft Edge in Windows 10 1607 and 1703, and Windows Server 2016 allows an attacker to read the URL of a cross-origin request when the Microsoft Edge Fetch API incorrectly handles a filtered response type, aka "Microsoft Edge Information Disclosure Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-8498.

Severity
Medium
CVSS
4.3 (3.0)
Published
2017-06-15
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
windows/system
Weaknesses
CWE-200

Affected products

  • microsoft / edge

Matched remediation archetype

Information disclosure and sensitive data exposure

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Check exposure

  • Trace sensitive data through responses, errors, logs, metrics, traces, caches, exports, files, backups, and client bundles.
  • Identify affected subjects, tenants, retention windows, access controls, and downstream copies without opening unnecessary sensitive records.
  • Review metadata, timing, status, length, and existence signals as well as direct content disclosure.

Remediate safely

  • Minimize collection and output, apply field-level authorization and redaction at a centralized boundary, and return generic external errors.
  • Remove secrets and sensitive data from logs, artifacts, URLs, caches, and client-side bundles; rotate credentials that may have been exposed.
  • Update the affected component and add synthetic-data tests for response, error, observability, and export paths.

Authoritative sources

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