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Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity Affecting chromium package, versions <128.0.6613.84-r0

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Snyk's Security Team recommends NVD's CVSS assessment

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.05% (19th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CHAINGUARDLATEST-CHROMIUM-7850076
  • published 28 Aug 2024
  • disclosed 21 Aug 2024
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Introduced: 21 Aug 2024

CVE-2024-7979 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-345 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Chainguard chromium to version 128.0.6613.84-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream chromium package and not the chromium package as distributed by Chainguard. See How to fix? for Chainguard relevant fixed versions and status.

Insufficient data validation in Installer in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 128.0.6613.84 allowed a local attacker to perform privilege escalation via a crafted symbolic link. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

Recommended
7.8 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High