CVE-2021-38020 — Incorrect Authorization in Google Chrome

CWE-863 — Incorrect Authorization6 documents6 sources
Severity
4.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.5%
top 33.61%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
7
Google ChromeChromiumDebian Chromium+4 more
Timeline
PublishedDec 23
Latest updateDec 24

Description

Insufficient policy enforcement in contacts picker in Google Chrome on Android prior to 96.0.4664.45 allowed a remote attacker to spoof the contents of the Omnibox (URL bar) via a crafted HTML page.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 1.4

Affected Packages6 packages

▶CVEListV5google/chromeunspecified — 96.0.4664.45
▶NVDgoogle/chrome< 96.0.4664.45
▶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 34

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-42h3-v289-hvw9: Insufficient policy enforcement in contacts picker in Google Chrome on Android prior to 96↗2021-12-24
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OSV
CVE-2021-38020: Insufficient policy enforcement in contacts picker in Google Chrome on Android prior to 96↗2021-12-23
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Chrome
Stable Channel Update for Desktop: CVE-2021-38020↗2021-11-15
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Microsoft
Chromium: CVE-2021-38020 Insufficient policy enforcement in contacts picker↗2021-11-09
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Debian
CVE-2021-38020: chromium - Insufficient policy enforcement in contacts picker in Google Chrome on Android p...↗2021
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