CVE-2022-0799 (GCVE-0-2022-0799)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-04-05 00:25 – Updated: 2024-08-02 23:40
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Insufficient policy enforcement in Installer in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 99.0.4844.51 allowed a remote attacker to perform local privilege escalation via a crafted offline installer file.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CWE
- Insufficient policy enforcement
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/03/sta… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://crbug.com/1279188 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-25 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
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