CVE-2019-5838 — Incorrect Authorization in Google Chrome

CWE-863 — Incorrect Authorization CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation9 documents7 sources

Severity

4.3MEDIUMNVD

EPSS

0.5%

top 35.60%

CISA KEV

Not in KEV

Exploit

No known exploits

Affected products

Google Chrome Chromium Debian Linux +3 more

Timeline

PublishedJun 27

Latest updateMay 24

Description

Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 75.0.3770.80 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass restrictions on file URIs via a crafted Chrome Extension.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 1.4

Affected Packages5 packages

▶CVEListV5google/chromeunspecified — 75.0.3770.80

▶NVDgoogle/chrome< 75.0.3770.80

▶Debianchromium/chromium< 75.0.3770.80-1+3

▶NVDopensuse/leap15.0, 15.1, 42.3+2

▶NVDopensuse/backportssle-15

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, Fedora 29, 30

🔴Vulnerability Details

GHSA

GHSA-h7hj-53wf-rwww: Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 75↗2022-05-24

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CVEList

CVE-2019-5838: Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 75↗2019-06-27

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OSV

CVE-2019-5838: Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 75↗2019-06-27

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📋Vendor Advisories

Red Hat

chromium-browser: Overly permissive tab access in Extensions↗2019-06-04

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Debian

CVE-2019-5838: chromium - Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 75.0...↗2019

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💬Community

Bugzilla

CVE-2019-5838 chromium-browser: Overly permissive tab access in Extensions↗2019-06-07

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Bugzilla

CVE-2019-5828 CVE-2019-5829 CVE-2019-5830 CVE-2019-5831 CVE-2019-5832 CVE-2019-5833 CVE-2019-5834 CVE-2019-5835 CVE-2019-5836 CVE-2019-5837 CVE-2019-5838 CVE-2019-5839 CVE-2019-5840 chromium: various ↗2019-06-07

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Bugzilla

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