CVE-2020-6477 — Link Following in Google Chrome

CWE-59 — Link Following CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management10 documents8 sources

Severity

7.8HIGHNVD

EPSS

0.0%

top 91.31%

CISA KEV

Not in KEV

Exploit

No known exploits

Affected products

Google Chrome Fedoraproject Fedora Opensuse Backports SLE +1 more

Timeline

PublishedMay 21

Latest updateMay 24

Description

Inappropriate implementation in installer in Google Chrome on OS X prior to 83.0.4103.61 allowed a local attacker to perform privilege escalation via a crafted file.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶CVEListV5google/chromeunspecified — 83.0.4103.61

▶NVDgoogle/chrome< 83.0.4103.61

▶NVDopensuse/leap15.1

▶NVDopensuse/backports_sle15.0

Also affects: Fedora 31, 32

🔴Vulnerability Details

GHSA

GHSA-4q6x-94h2-2575: Inappropriate implementation in installer in Google Chrome on OS X prior to 83↗2022-05-24

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CVEList

CVE-2020-6477: Inappropriate implementation in installer in Google Chrome on OS X prior to 83↗2020-05-21

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OSV

CVE-2020-6477: Inappropriate implementation in installer in Google Chrome on OS X prior to 83↗2020-05-21

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📋Vendor Advisories

Chrome

Stable Channel Update for Desktop: CVE-2020-6477↗2020-05-19

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Red Hat

chromium-browser: Inappropriate implementation in installer↗2020-05-19

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Debian

CVE-2020-6477: chromium - Inappropriate implementation in installer in Google Chrome on OS X prior to 83.0...↗2020

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💬Community

Bugzilla

CVE-2020-6465 CVE-2020-6466 CVE-2020-6467 CVE-2020-6468 CVE-2020-6470 CVE-2020-6471 CVE-2020-6472 CVE-2020-6473 CVE-2020-6474 CVE-2020-6475 CVE-2020-6477 CVE-2020-6478 CVE-2020-6480 CVE-2020-6481 CVE-↗2020-05-20

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Bugzilla

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Bugzilla

CVE-2020-6477 chromium-browser: Inappropriate implementation in installer↗2020-05-20

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