Vulnerability · Published May 21, 2020 · Assigned by Chrome
CVE-2020-6477
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 0.2% (higher than 15% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 84.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official 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.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_19.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://crbug.com/946156 x_refsource_MISC
- GLSA-202006-02 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0823 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0832 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
- FEDORA-2020-08561721ad vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- FEDORA-2020-77f89ab772 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA