Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Google Chrome - CVE-2020-6425

 

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Google Chrome - CVE-2020-6425

Published: March 18, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU26204
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-6425
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient policy enforcement in extensions in Google Chrome. A remote attacker can trick a victim to install a specially crafted extension and execute arbitrary code on the system.


Affected software

Google Chrome
Arch Linux
Gentoo Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Fedora
SUSE Linux
Opensuse
SUSE Package Hub for SUSE Linux Enterprise
chromium (Alpine package)
chromium (Debian package)
chromium-browser (Red Hat package)
chromium

How to mitigate CVE-2020-6425

Install updates from vendor's website.

Google Chrome - update to 80.0.3987.149
chromium (Alpine package) - update to 80.0.3987.149-r0
chromium (Debian package) - update to 80.0.3987.149-1~deb10u1
chromium-browser (Red Hat package) - update to 80.0.3987.149-1.el6_10
chromium - addressed in versions 80.0.3987.149-1.el7, 80.0.3987.149-1.el8, 80.0.3987.149-1.fc30, 80.0.3987.149-1.fc31, 80.0.3987.149-1.fc32, 80.0.3987.162-1.el7, 80.0.3987.162-1.el8, 80.0.3987.163-1.el7, 80.0.3987.163-1.el8, 81.0.4044.113-1.el7, 81.0.4044.113-1.el8, 81.0.4044.113-2.el7, 81.0.4044.113-2.el8, 81.0.4044.122-1.el7, 81.0.4044.122-1.el8, 81.0.4044.138-1.el7, 81.0.4044.138-1.el8

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