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FKIE_CVE-2024-3173

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-07-16 23:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 07:43
Severity
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Insufficient data validation in Updater in Google Chrome prior to 120.0.6099.62 allowed a remote attacker to perform OS-level privilege escalation via a malicious file. (Chromium security severity: High)
References
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttps://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.htmlVendor Advisory
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttps://issues.chromium.org/issues/40075849Exploit, Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://issues.chromium.org/issues/40075849Exploit, Issue Tracking
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
google chrome *
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T07:43:27.747",
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