CVE-2020-15961
published 2020-09-21CVE-2020-15961: 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…
PriorityP345critical9.6CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUIRSCCHIHAH
EPSS
1.47%
70.9th percentile
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.
Affected
15 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| chromium | chromium | >= 0 < 87.0.4280.88-0.1 | 87.0.4280.88-0.1 |
| chromium | chromium | >= 0 < 87.0.4280.88-0.1 | 87.0.4280.88-0.1 |
| chromium | chromium | >= 0 < 87.0.4280.88-0.1 | 87.0.4280.88-0.1 |
| chromium | chromium | >= 0 < 87.0.4280.88-0.1 | 87.0.4280.88-0.1 |
| debian | chromium | < chromium 87.0.4280.88-0.1 (bookworm) | chromium 87.0.4280.88-0.1 (bookworm) |
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| fedoraproject | fedora | — | — |
| fedoraproject | fedora | — | — |
| fedoraproject | fedora | — | — |
| chrome | < 85.0.4183.121 | 85.0.4183.121 | |
| chrome | >= unspecified < 85.0.4183.121 | 85.0.4183.121 | |
| chrome_chrome | — | — | |
| opensuse | backports_sle | — | — |
| opensuse | leap | — | — |
| opensuse | leap | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.19.6CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.06.8MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
osv9.6CRITICAL
vendor_debian9.6CRITICAL
vendor_redhat9.6CRITICAL
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Red Hat
chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions
vendor_redhat·2020-09-21·CVSS 9.6
CVE-2020-15961 [CRITICAL] chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions
chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions
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.
Chrome
Stable Channel Update for Desktop: CVE-2020-15960
vendor_chrome·2020-09-21·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2020-15960 [HIGH] Stable Channel Update for Desktop: CVE-2020-15960
Stable Channel Update for Desktop
CVE-2020-15960: Out of bounds read in storage. Reported by Anonymous on 2020-06-28 [$15000][ 1114636 ] High CVE-2020-15961: Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions
Reported by David Erceg on 2020-08-10 [$10000][ 1121836 ] High CVE-2020-15962: Insufficient policy enforcement in serial
Severity: high
Debian
CVE-2020-15961: chromium - Insufficient policy validation in extensions in Google Chrome prior to 85.0.4183...
vendor_debian·2020·CVSS 9.6
CVE-2020-15961 [CRITICAL] CVE-2020-15961: chromium - Insufficient policy validation in extensions in Google Chrome prior to 85.0.4183...
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.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 87.0.4280.88-0.1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 87.0.4280.88-0.1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 87.0.4280.88-0.1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 87.0.4280.88-0.1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 87.0.4280.88-0.1)
GHSA
GHSA-p56m-hx7c-pjv5: Insufficient policy validation in extensions in Google Chrome prior to 85
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-24
CVE-2020-15961 [CRITICAL] GHSA-p56m-hx7c-pjv5: Insufficient policy validation in extensions in Google Chrome prior to 85
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.
OSV
CVE-2020-15961: Insufficient policy validation in extensions in Google Chrome prior to 85
osv·2020-09-21·CVSS 9.6
CVE-2020-15961 [CRITICAL] CVE-2020-15961: Insufficient policy validation in extensions in Google Chrome prior to 85
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.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
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]
bugzilla·2020-09-22·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2020-15960 [HIGH] 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]
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]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of epel-all.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
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Bugzilla
CVE-2020-15961 chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions
bugzilla·2020-09-22·CVSS 9.6
CVE-2020-15961 [CRITICAL] CVE-2020-15961 chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions
CVE-2020-15961 chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions
An insufficient policy enforcement flaw was found in the extensions component of the Chromium browser.
Upstream bug(s):
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1114636
External References:
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_21.html
Discussion:
Created chromium tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: epel-all [bug 1881603]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1881602]
---
This issue has been addressed in the following products:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary
Via RHSA-2020:4206 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4206
---
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):
https://access.re
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]
bugzilla·2020-09-22·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2020-15960 [HIGH] 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]
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]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of fedora-all.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commi
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00087.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00095.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00096.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00049.htmlhttps://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_21.htmlhttps://crbug.com/1114636https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FN7HZIGAOCZKBT4LV363BCPRA5FLY25I/https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GNIYFJST4TFJYFZ27VODBOINCLBGULTD/https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YWNBJFBPKYCYSZTS54FHNCRZG6KC2AIJ/https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202009-13https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-30https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4824http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00087.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00095.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00096.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00049.htmlhttps://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_21.htmlhttps://crbug.com/1114636https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FN7HZIGAOCZKBT4LV363BCPRA5FLY25I/https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GNIYFJST4TFJYFZ27VODBOINCLBGULTD/https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YWNBJFBPKYCYSZTS54FHNCRZG6KC2AIJ/https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202009-13https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-30https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4824
2020-09-21
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