High severity · published Feb 11, 2020
CVE-2020-6402
Insufficient policy enforcement in downloads in Google Chrome on OS X prior to 80.0.3987.87 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to execute…
8.8
CVSS
2.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Insufficient policy enforcement in downloads in Google Chrome on OS X prior to 80.0.3987.87 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Chrome Extension.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/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)2.7% · higher than 86% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CH
Chrome · Google
before 80.0.3987.87 · source: NVD
BS
Backports Sle · Opensuse
15.0 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0; 10.0 · 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
30 · source: NVD
PH
Package Hub · Suse
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-6402
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-6402
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00015.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00025.html
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0514
Vendor Advisory
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/02/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
Permissions Required
https://crbug.com/1029375
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6IOHSO6BUKC6I66J5PZOMAGFVJ66ZS57/
More from Chrome
9.8
CVE-2025-10585
Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Vulnerability
9.8
CVE-2014-0497
Adobe Flash Player Integer Underflow Vulnerablity
9.6
CVE-2024-7971
Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Vulnerability
9.6
CVE-2024-5274
Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Vulnerability
9.6
CVE-2024-4947
Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Vulnerability