Spoofing attack in Google Chromium - CVE-2024-8906

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Spoofing attack in Google Chromium - CVE-2024-8906

Published: September 17, 2024 / Updated: September 18, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU97450
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-2024-8906
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 Downloads 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 Chromium
Apple Safari
Microsoft Edge
Google Chrome
Prisma Access Browser
Gentoo Linux
Debian Linux
Fedora
macOS
www-client/opera
chromium
chromium (Debian package)
www-client/microsoft-edge
www-client/chromium
www-client/google-chrome

How to mitigate CVE-2024-8906

Install update from vendor's website.

Google Chromium - update to 129.0.6668.58
Apple Safari - update to 26.2
macOS - update to 26.2 25C56
Microsoft Edge - addressed in versions 128.0.2739.90, 129.0.2792.52
Google Chrome - update to 129.0.6668.58
www-client/opera - update to 116.0.5366.21
chromium - addressed in versions 129.0.6668.58-1.el8, 129.0.6668.58-1.el9, 129.0.6668.58-1.fc39, 129.0.6668.58-1.fc40, 129.0.6668.58-1.fc41
chromium (Debian package) - update to 129.0.6668.58-1~deb12u1
Prisma Access Browser - update to 129.101.2913.3
www-client/microsoft-edge - update to 131.0.2903.63
www-client/chromium - update to 131.0.6778.85
www-client/google-chrome - update to 131.0.6778.85

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