CVE-2021-37969 — Link Following in Google Chrome

CWE-59 — Link FollowingCWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management6 documents6 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 41.52%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
7
Google ChromeChromiumDebian Chromium+4 more
Timeline
PublishedOct 8
Latest updateMay 24

Description

Inappropriate implementation in Google Updater in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 94.0.4606.54 allowed a remote attacker to perform local privilege escalation via a crafted file.

CVSS vector

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

Affected Packages6 packages

▶CVEListV5google/chromeunspecified — 94.0.4606.54
▶NVDgoogle/chrome< 94.0.4606.54
▶debiandebian/chromium< chromium 97.0.4692.71-0.1 (bookworm)
▶Debianchromium/chromium< 97.0.4692.71-0.1~deb11u1+3

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, 11.0, Fedora 33, 35

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-w47r-7v68-q6fc: Inappropriate implementation in Google Updater in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 94↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2021-37969: Inappropriate implementation in Google Updater in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 94↗2021-10-08
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Chrome
Stable Channel Update for Desktop: CVE-2021-37968↗2021-09-21
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Microsoft
Chromium: CVE-2021-37969 Inappropriate implementation in Google Updater↗2021-09-14
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Debian
CVE-2021-37969: chromium - Inappropriate implementation in Google Updater in Google Chrome on Windows prior...↗2021
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