CVE-2019-5774

published 2019-02-19

CVE-2019-5774: 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…

Priority P3 44 high 8.8 CVSS 3.0

AV N AC L PR N UI R S U C H I H A H

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.

Affected

13 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
chromium	chromium	>= 0 < 72.0.3626.81-1	72.0.3626.81-1
chromium	chromium	>= 0 < 72.0.3626.81-1	72.0.3626.81-1
chromium	chromium	>= 0 < 72.0.3626.81-1	72.0.3626.81-1
chromium	chromium	>= 0 < 72.0.3626.81-1	72.0.3626.81-1
debian	chromium	< chromium 72.0.3626.81-1 (bookworm)	chromium 72.0.3626.81-1 (bookworm)
debian	debian_linux	—	—
fedoraproject	fedora	—	—
fedoraproject	fedora	—	—
google	chrome	< 72.0.3626.81	72.0.3626.81
google	chrome	>= unspecified < 72.0.3626.81	72.0.3626.81
redhat	enterprise_linux_desktop	—	—
redhat	enterprise_linux_server	—	—
redhat	enterprise_linux_workstation	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.0 8.8 HIGH CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

osv 8.8 HIGH

vendor_debian 8.8 HIGH

vendor_redhat 8.8 HIGH

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