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CVE-2020-15961

critical

Description

Insufficient policy validation in extensions in Google Chrome prior to 85.0.4183.121 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted Chrome Extension.

References

https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4824

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-30

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202009-13

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YWNBJFBPKYCYSZTS54FHNCRZG6KC2AIJ/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GNIYFJST4TFJYFZ27VODBOINCLBGULTD/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FN7HZIGAOCZKBT4LV363BCPRA5FLY25I/

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00049.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00096.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00095.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00087.html

https://crbug.com/1114636

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_21.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2020-09-21

Updated: 2024-11-21

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: 9.6

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

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01511