Improper Privilege Management Affecting chromium package, versions <97.0.4692.71-0.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (51st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-CHROMIUM-1656857
  • published22 Sept 2021
  • disclosed8 Oct 2021

Introduced: 22 Sep 2021

CVE-2021-37969  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-269  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable chromium to version 97.0.4692.71-0.1 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.

Inappropriate implementation in Google Updater in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 94.0.4606.54 allowed a remote attacker to perform local privilege escalation via a crafted file.

CVSS Scores

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