CVE-2021-21117
published 2021-02-09CVE-2021-21117: Insufficient policy enforcement in Cryptohome in Google Chrome prior to 88.0.4324.96 allowed a local attacker to perform OS-level privilege escalation via a…
PriorityP335high7.8CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRNUIRSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.22%
12.8th percentile
Insufficient policy enforcement in Cryptohome in Google Chrome prior to 88.0.4324.96 allowed a local attacker to perform OS-level privilege escalation via a crafted file.
Affected
8 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| chromium | chromium | >= 0 < 88.0.4324.96-0.1 | 88.0.4324.96-0.1 |
| chromium | chromium | >= 0 < 88.0.4324.96-0.1 | 88.0.4324.96-0.1 |
| chromium | chromium | >= 0 < 88.0.4324.96-0.1 | 88.0.4324.96-0.1 |
| chromium | chromium | >= 0 < 88.0.4324.96-0.1 | 88.0.4324.96-0.1 |
| debian | chromium | < chromium 88.0.4324.96-0.1 (bookworm) | chromium 88.0.4324.96-0.1 (bookworm) |
| chrome | < 88.0.4324.96 | 88.0.4324.96 | |
| chrome | >= unspecified < 88.0.4324.96 | 88.0.4324.96 | |
| chrome_chrome | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.06.9MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
osv7.8HIGH
vendor_debian7.8HIGH
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Chrome
Stable Channel Update for Desktop: CVE-2021-21117
vendor_chrome·2021-01-19·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2021-21117 [CRITICAL] Stable Channel Update for Desktop: CVE-2021-21117
Stable Channel Update for Desktop
CVE-2021-21117: Insufficient policy enforcement in Cryptohome. Reported by Rory McNamara on 2020-10-10 [$16000][ 1161357 ] High CVE-2021-21118: Insufficient data validation in V8
Reported by Tyler Nighswander (@tylerni7) of Theori on 2020-12-23 [$5000][ 1160534 ] High CVE-2021-21119: Use after free in Media
Severity: critical
Debian
CVE-2021-21117: chromium - Insufficient policy enforcement in Cryptohome in Google Chrome prior to 88.0.432...
vendor_debian·2021·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2021-21117 [HIGH] CVE-2021-21117: chromium - Insufficient policy enforcement in Cryptohome in Google Chrome prior to 88.0.432...
Insufficient policy enforcement in Cryptohome in Google Chrome prior to 88.0.4324.96 allowed a local attacker to perform OS-level privilege escalation via a crafted file.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 88.0.4324.96-0.1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 88.0.4324.96-0.1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 88.0.4324.96-0.1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 88.0.4324.96-0.1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 88.0.4324.96-0.1)
GHSA
GHSA-2j96-rgh6-6vhp: Insufficient policy enforcement in Cryptohome in Google Chrome prior to 88
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-24
CVE-2021-21117 [HIGH] CWE-269 GHSA-2j96-rgh6-6vhp: Insufficient policy enforcement in Cryptohome in Google Chrome prior to 88
Insufficient policy enforcement in Cryptohome in Google Chrome prior to 88.0.4324.96 allowed a local attacker to perform OS-level privilege escalation via a crafted file.
OSV
CVE-2021-21117: Insufficient policy enforcement in Cryptohome in Google Chrome prior to 88
osv·2021-02-09·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2021-21117 [HIGH] CVE-2021-21117: Insufficient policy enforcement in Cryptohome in Google Chrome prior to 88
Insufficient policy enforcement in Cryptohome in Google Chrome prior to 88.0.4324.96 allowed a local attacker to perform OS-level privilege escalation via a crafted file.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
No writeups or analysis indexed.
2021-02-09
Published