Vulnerability · Published Nov 3, 2020 · Assigned by Chrome
CVE-2020-16007
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in Chrome from Google. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 20% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 80.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Insufficient data validation in installer in Google Chrome prior to 86.0.4240.183 allowed a local attacker to potentially elevate privilege via a crafted filesystem.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://crbug.com/1125018 x_refsource_MISC
- openSUSE-SU-2020:1829 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
- openSUSE-SU-2020:1831 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
- DSA-4824 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN