Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Google Chrome - CVE-2020-16005

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Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Google Chrome - CVE-2020-16005

Published: November 2, 2020 / Updated: November 3, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU48089
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-16005
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 ANGLE in Google Chrome. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website, bypass implemented security measures and compromise the affected system.


Affected software

Google Chrome
Arch Linux
Gentoo Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Fedora
SUSE Linux
Opensuse
chromium (Debian package)
chromium-browser (Red Hat package)
chromium
www-client/chromium
www-client/google-chrome

How to mitigate CVE-2020-16005

Update to version 86.0.4240.183.

Google Chrome - update to 86.0.4240.183
chromium (Debian package) - update to 87.0.4280.88-0.4~deb10u1
chromium-browser (Red Hat package) - update to 86.0.4240.183-1.el6_10
chromium - addressed in versions 86.0.4240.183-1.el7, 86.0.4240.183-1.el8, 86.0.4240.183-1.fc31, 86.0.4240.183-1.fc32, 86.0.4240.183-1.fc33, 86.0.4240.198-1.el7, 86.0.4240.198-1.el8, 86.0.4240.198-1.fc31, 86.0.4240.198-1.fc32, 87.0.4280.66-1.el7, 87.0.4280.66-1.el8, 87.0.4280.66-1.fc32, 87.0.4280.88-1.el7, 87.0.4280.88-1.el8
www-client/chromium - update to 86.0.4240.193
www-client/google-chrome - update to 86.0.4240.193

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