Improper Access Control Affecting chromium package, versions [,118.0.5993.70)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.51% (77th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-CHROMIUM-5961088
  • published12 Oct 2023
  • disclosed11 Oct 2023
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 11 Oct 2023

CVE-2023-5487  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade chromium to version 118.0.5993.70 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Access Control through the 'Fullscreen' function in Google Chrome. An attacker can bypass navigation restrictions by crafting a malicious Chrome Extension. This is only exploitable if the user is convinced to install the malicious extension.

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