Missing Authorization Affecting chromium package, versions <87.0.4280.88-0.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (46th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-CHROMIUM-1041580
  • published18 Nov 2020
  • disclosed8 Jan 2021

Introduced: 18 Nov 2020

CVE-2020-16027  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-862  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable chromium to version 87.0.4280.88-0.1 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:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

Insufficient policy enforcement in developer tools in Google Chrome prior to 87.0.4280.66 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to obtain potentially sensitive information from the user's disk via a crafted Chrome Extension.

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