Covert extension installation possible with Microsoft Edge flaw

Potential cyberattacks facilitated by covertly installed browser extensions could have been deployed with the exploitation of an already addressed medium-severity privilege escalation vulnerability in Microsoft Edge, according to The Hacker News.

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