CVE-2019-5774

high

Description

Omission of the .desktop filetype from the Safe Browsing checklist in SafeBrowsing in Google Chrome on Linux prior to 72.0.3626.81 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to download a .desktop file to execute arbitrary code via a downloaded .desktop file.

References

https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4395

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZQOP53LXXPRGD4N5OBKGQTSMFXT32LF6/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JVFHYCJGMZQUKYSIE2BXE4NLEGFGUXU5/

https://crbug.com/904182

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0309

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106767

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-02-19

Updated: 2023-11-07

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High