CVE-2019-5879 — Incorrect Authorization in Google Chrome

CWE-863 — Incorrect AuthorizationCWE-20 — Improper Input Validation6 documents6 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 70.65%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Google ChromeChromiumDebian Chromium
Timeline
PublishedNov 25
Latest updateMay 24

Description

Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions in Google Chrome prior to 77.0.3865.75 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to read local files via a crafted Chrome Extension.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶CVEListV5google/chromeunspecified — 77.0.3865.75
▶NVDgoogle/chrome< 77.0.3865.75
▶debiandebian/chromium< chromium 78.0.3904.87-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianchromium/chromium< 78.0.3904.87-1+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-hcrx-7wpm-hhwq: Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions in Google Chrome prior to 77↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2019-5879: Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions in Google Chrome prior to 77↗2019-11-25
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
chromium-browser: Extensions can read some local files↗2019-09-10
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Debian
CVE-2019-5879: chromium - Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions in Google Chrome prior to 77.0.386...↗2019
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-5879 chromium-browser: Extensions can read some local files↗2019-10-16
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