Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Google Chrome - CVE-2020-6481

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Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Google Chrome - CVE-2020-6481

Published: May 19, 2020 / Updated: May 19, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU28032
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-6481
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient policy enforcement in URL formatting in Google Chrome. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website, bypass implemented security measures and gain access to sensitive information.


Affected software

Google Chrome
Gentoo Linux
Arch Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Fedora
SUSE Linux
Opensuse
chromium (Debian package)
chromium-browser-debuginfo (Red Hat package)
chromium-browser (Red Hat package)
chromium

How to mitigate CVE-2020-6481

Update to version 83.0.4103.61.

Google Chrome - update to 83.0.4103.61
chromium (Debian package) - update to 83.0.4103.116-1~deb10u1
chromium-browser-debuginfo (Red Hat package) - update to 83.0.4103.97-1.el6_10
chromium-browser (Red Hat package) - update to 83.0.4103.97-1.el6_10
chromium - addressed in versions 83.0.4103.106-1.el7, 83.0.4103.106-1.el8, 83.0.4103.106-1.fc31, 83.0.4103.106-1.fc32, 83.0.4103.116-3.el7, 83.0.4103.116-3.el8, 83.0.4103.116-3.fc31, 83.0.4103.116-3.fc32

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