CVE-2019-5778
published 2019-02-19CVE-2019-5778: A missing case for handling special schemes in permission request checks in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 72.0.3626.81 allowed an attacker who convinced…
PriorityP429medium6.5CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUIRSUCNIHAN
EPSS
1.01%
59.2th percentile
A missing case for handling special schemes in permission request checks in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 72.0.3626.81 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass extension permission checks for privileged pages via a crafted Chrome Extension.
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 | — | — |
| chrome | < 72.0.3626.81 | 72.0.3626.81 | |
| chrome | >= unspecified < 72.0.3626.81 | 72.0.3626.81 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_desktop | — | — |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server | — | — |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_workstation | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.06.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
osv6.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian6.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat6.5MEDIUM
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GHSA
GHSA-wh8r-xwhr-8847: A missing case for handling special schemes in permission request checks in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 72
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-14
CVE-2019-5778 [MEDIUM] CWE-79 GHSA-wh8r-xwhr-8847: A missing case for handling special schemes in permission request checks in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 72
A missing case for handling special schemes in permission request checks in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 72.0.3626.81 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass extension permission checks for privileged pages via a crafted Chrome Extension.
OSV
CVE-2019-5778: A missing case for handling special schemes in permission request checks in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 72
osv·2019-02-19·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2019-5778 [MEDIUM] CVE-2019-5778: A missing case for handling special schemes in permission request checks in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 72
A missing case for handling special schemes in permission request checks in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 72.0.3626.81 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass extension permission checks for privileged pages via a crafted Chrome Extension.
Red Hat
chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in Extensions
vendor_redhat·2019-01-29·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2019-5778 [MEDIUM] chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in Extensions
chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in Extensions
A missing case for handling special schemes in permission request checks in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 72.0.3626.81 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass extension permission checks for privileged pages via a crafted Chrome Extension.
Debian
CVE-2019-5778: chromium - A missing case for handling special schemes in permission request checks in Exte...
vendor_debian·2019·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2019-5778 [MEDIUM] CVE-2019-5778: chromium - A missing case for handling special schemes in permission request checks in Exte...
A missing case for handling special schemes in permission request checks in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 72.0.3626.81 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass extension permission checks for privileged pages via a crafted Chrome Extension.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 72.0.3626.81-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 72.0.3626.81-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 72.0.3626.81-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 72.0.3626.81-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 72.0.3626.81-1)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106767https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0309https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.htmlhttps://crbug.com/918470https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JVFHYCJGMZQUKYSIE2BXE4NLEGFGUXU5/https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZQOP53LXXPRGD4N5OBKGQTSMFXT32LF6/https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4395http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106767https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0309https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.htmlhttps://crbug.com/918470https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JVFHYCJGMZQUKYSIE2BXE4NLEGFGUXU5/https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZQOP53LXXPRGD4N5OBKGQTSMFXT32LF6/https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4395
2019-02-19
Published