Spoofing attack in Google Chrome - CVE-2020-6494

Vulnerability identifier: #VU28554

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-6494

CWE-ID: CWE-451

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a spoofing attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in payments in Google Chrome. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into visiting it and spoof web page content.

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

Update to version 83.0.4103.97.

Google Chrome - update to 83.0.4103.97
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

• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
• https://crbug.com/1083972

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
• Arch Linux update for chromium
• Gentoo update for Chromium, Google Chrome
• OpenSUSE Linux update for chromium
• OpenSUSE Linux update for chromium
• Debian update for chromium
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary update for chromium-browser