CVE-2017-5081 (GCVE-0-2017-5081)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-10-27 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 14:47
VLAI?
Summary
Lack of verification of an extension's locale folder in Google Chrome prior to 59.0.3071.86 for Mac, Windows, and Linux, and 59.0.3071.92 for Android, allowed an attacker with local write access to modify extensions by modifying extension files.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • Inappropriate implementation
Assigner
References
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98861 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1399 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://crbug.com/672008 x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038622 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-20 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/06/sta… x_refsource_MISC
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a Google Chrome prior to 59.0.3071.86 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 59.0.3071.92 for Android Affected: Google Chrome prior to 59.0.3071.86 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 59.0.3071.92 for Android
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