Protection Mechanism Failure in Google Chrome - CVE-2019-13709

 

Protection Mechanism Failure in Google Chrome - CVE-2019-13709

Published: October 24, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU22223
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-13709
CWE-ID: CWE-693
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass certain security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to unspecified error that allows a remote attacker to bypass file download security feature and silently download dangerous files to the victim's system.


Affected software

Google Chrome
Arch Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Opensuse
SUSE Linux

How to mitigate CVE-2019-13709

Install updates from vendor's website.

Google Chrome - update to 78.0.3904.70

External References

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