Improper Access Control Affecting chromium package, versions [,62.0.3202.62)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.75% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-CHROMIUM-2410272
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed7 Feb 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 7 Feb 2018

CVE-2017-15391  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade chromium to version 62.0.3202.62 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Access Control. Insufficient Policy Enforcement in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 62.0.3202.62 allowed a remote attacker to access Extension pages without authorisation via a crafted HTML page.

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