Spoofing attack in Google Chrome - CVE-2021-30506

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Spoofing attack in Google Chrome - CVE-2021-30506

Published: May 10, 2021 / Updated: May 11, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU53035
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-2021-30506
CWE-ID: CWE-451
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

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


Affected software

Google Chrome
Microsoft Edge
Gentoo Linux
Arch Linux
Fedora
chromium (Debian package)
chromium

How to mitigate CVE-2021-30506

Update to version 90.0.4430.212.

Google Chrome - update to 90.0.4430.212
chromium (Debian package) - update to 90.0.4430.212-1~deb10u1
Microsoft Edge - update to 90.0.818.62
chromium - addressed in versions 90.0.4430.212-1.el7, 90.0.4430.212-1.el8, 90.0.4430.212-1.fc32, 90.0.4430.212-1.fc33, 90.0.4430.212-1.fc34, 91.0.4472.114-1.el8, 91.0.4472.114-1.fc33, 91.0.4472.114-1.fc34, 91.0.4472.114-2.el8, 91.0.4472.114-2.fc33, 91.0.4472.164-1.el8

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