High severity · published May 21, 2020
CVE-2020-6477
Inappropriate implementation in installer in Google Chrome on OS X prior to 83.0.4103.61 allowed a local attacker to perform privilege escalation via a crafted file
7.8
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Inappropriate implementation in installer in Google Chrome on OS X prior to 83.0.4103.61 allowed a local attacker to perform privilege escalation via a crafted file.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 15% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CH
Chrome · Google
before 83.0.4103.61 · source: NVD
BS
Backports Sle · Opensuse
15.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
31; 32 · source: NVD
LE
Leap · Opensuse
15.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-6477
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-6477
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00034.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00038.html
Release Notes
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_19.html
Permissions Required
https://crbug.com/946156
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OQYH5OK7O4BU6E37WWG5SEEHV65BFSGR/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WLFZ5N4EK6I4ZJP5YSKLLVN3ELXEB4XT/
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