Improper Privilege Management Affecting chromium package, versions <88.0.4324.96-0.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (23rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-CHROMIUM-5677121
  • published20 Jan 2021
  • disclosed9 Feb 2021

Introduced: 20 Jan 2021

CVE-2021-21117  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-269  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 chromium to version 88.0.4324.96-0.1 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 Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

Insufficient policy enforcement in Cryptohome in Google Chrome prior to 88.0.4324.96 allowed a local attacker to perform OS-level privilege escalation via a crafted file.

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