CVE-2019-5879
published 2019-11-25CVE-2019-5879: 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…
PriorityP429medium6.5CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUIRSUCHINAN
EPSS
0.59%
44.4th percentile
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.
Affected
8 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| chromium | chromium | >= 0 < 78.0.3904.87-1 | 78.0.3904.87-1 |
| chromium | chromium | >= 0 < 78.0.3904.87-1 | 78.0.3904.87-1 |
| chromium | chromium | >= 0 < 78.0.3904.87-1 | 78.0.3904.87-1 |
| chromium | chromium | >= 0 < 78.0.3904.87-1 | 78.0.3904.87-1 |
| debian | chromium | < chromium 78.0.3904.87-1 (bookworm) | chromium 78.0.3904.87-1 (bookworm) |
| chrome | < 77.0.3865.75 | 77.0.3865.75 | |
| chrome | >= unspecified < 77.0.3865.75 | 77.0.3865.75 | |
| chrome_desktop | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.16.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
osv6.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian6.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat6.5MEDIUM
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Chrome
Stable Channel Update for Desktop: CVE-2019-5879
vendor_chrome·2019-09-10·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2019-5879 [MEDIUM] Stable Channel Update for Desktop: CVE-2019-5879
Stable Channel Update for Desktop
CVE-2019-5879: Extensions can read some local files. Reported by Jinseo Kim on 2019-07-20
[$2000][ 831725 ] Medium CVE-2019-5880: SameSite cookie bypass
Reported by Jun Kokatsu (@shhnjk) on 2018-04-11
Severity: medium
Red Hat
chromium-browser: Extensions can read some local files
vendor_redhat·2019-09-10·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2019-5879 [MEDIUM] chromium-browser: Extensions can read some local files
chromium-browser: Extensions can read some local files
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.
Debian
CVE-2019-5879: chromium - Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions in Google Chrome prior to 77.0.386...
vendor_debian·2019·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2019-5879 [MEDIUM] CVE-2019-5879: chromium - Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions in Google Chrome prior to 77.0.386...
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.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 78.0.3904.87-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 78.0.3904.87-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 78.0.3904.87-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 78.0.3904.87-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 78.0.3904.87-1)
GHSA
GHSA-hcrx-7wpm-hhwq: Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions in Google Chrome prior to 77
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-24
CVE-2019-5879 [MEDIUM] CWE-20 GHSA-hcrx-7wpm-hhwq: Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions in Google Chrome prior to 77
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 bypass same origin policy via a crafted Chrome Extension.
OSV
CVE-2019-5879: Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions in Google Chrome prior to 77
osv·2019-11-25·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2019-5879 [MEDIUM] CVE-2019-5879: Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions in Google Chrome prior to 77
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.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
2019-11-25
Published