Information Exposure Affecting chromium package, versions [,97.0.4692.71)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.18% (56th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-CHROMIUM-3187530
  • published3 Jan 2023
  • disclosed3 Jan 2023
  • creditMaciej Pulikowski

Introduced: 3 Jan 2023

CVE-2022-0337  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade chromium to version 97.0.4692.71 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure due to an inappropriate implementation in the File System API that allows an attacker to view environment variables on a user's system by convincing them to hold down the Enter key.

NOTE: This vulnerability is only exploitable on Windows systems.

CVSS Scores

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