High severity · published Feb 19, 2019
CVE-2019-5774
Omission of the .desktop filetype from the Safe Browsing checklist in SafeBrowsing in Google Chrome on Linux prior to 72.0.3626.81 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to…
8.8
CVSS
1.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Omission of the .desktop filetype from the Safe Browsing checklist in SafeBrowsing in Google Chrome on Linux prior to 72.0.3626.81 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to download a .desktop file to execute arbitrary code via a downloaded .desktop file.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.5% · higher than 74% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CH
Chrome · Google
before 72.0.3626.81 · source: vendor, NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Desktop · Redhat
6.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server · Redhat
6.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Workstation · Redhat
6.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
29; 30 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5774
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-5774
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106767
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0309
chromereleases.googleblog.com
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
crbug.com
https://crbug.com/904182
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JVFHYCJGMZQUKYSIE2BXE4NLEGFGUXU5/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZQOP53LXXPRGD4N5OBKGQTSMFXT32LF6/
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