CVE-2020-15961 — Google Chrome vulnerability

10 documents8 sources
Severity
9.6CRITICALNVD
EPSS
1.4%
top 19.87%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
6
Google ChromeChromiumDebian Linux+3 more
Timeline
PublishedSep 21
Latest updateMay 24

Description

Insufficient policy validation in extensions in Google Chrome prior to 85.0.4183.121 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted Chrome Extension.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 6.0

Affected Packages5 packages

▶CVEListV5google/chromeunspecified — 85.0.4183.121
▶NVDgoogle/chrome< 85.0.4183.121
▶Debianchromium/chromium< 87.0.4280.88-0.1+3
▶NVDopensuse/leap15.1, 15.2+1

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, Fedora 31, 32, 33

Patches

Patch: crbug.com ↗Patch: crbug.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-p56m-hx7c-pjv5: Insufficient policy validation in extensions in Google Chrome prior to 85↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2020-15961: Insufficient policy validation in extensions in Google Chrome prior to 85↗2020-09-21
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OSV
CVE-2020-15961: Insufficient policy validation in extensions in Google Chrome prior to 85↗2020-09-21
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Red Hat
chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions↗2020-09-21
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Chrome
Stable Channel Update for Desktop: CVE-2020-15960↗2020-09-21
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Debian
CVE-2020-15961: chromium - Insufficient policy validation in extensions in Google Chrome prior to 85.0.4183...↗2020
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-15960 CVE-2020-15961 CVE-2020-15962 CVE-2020-15963 CVE-2020-15964 CVE-2020-15965 CVE-2020-15966 chromium: various flaws [epel-all]↗2020-09-22
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Bugzilla
CVE-2020-15961 chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions↗2020-09-22
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Bugzilla
CVE-2020-15960 CVE-2020-15961 CVE-2020-15962 CVE-2020-15963 CVE-2020-15964 CVE-2020-15965 CVE-2020-15966 chromium: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2020-09-22
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