An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the way Windows Error Reporting (WER) handles objects in memory, aka 'Windows Error Report

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

• microsoft windows server 2016all versions
• microsoft windows server 20161803
• microsoft windows server 20161903
• microsoft windows server 2019all versions

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (microsoft). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

• Microsoft Windows

  • 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems, 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems, 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems, 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems, 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems, 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems, 10 Version 1803 for ARM64-based Systems, 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems, 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems, 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems, 10 Version 1709 for ARM64-based Systemsaffected

• Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems

  • unspecifiedaffected

• Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems

  • unspecifiedaffected

• Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems

  • unspecifiedaffected

• Microsoft Windows Server

  • 2016, 2016 (Core installation), version 1803 (Core Installation), 2019, 2019 (Core installation)affected

• Microsoft Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)

  • unspecifiedaffected

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FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Root cause

The extension requests broader permissions than its function needs and sends the data it collects out for purposes beyond its stated function.

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

1{2  "permissions": ["tabs", "<all_urls>"],3  "background": { "service_worker": "analytics.js" }4}

1{2  "permissions": ["activeTab"],3  "host_permissions": ["https://yildiz.example/*"]4}

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.