CVE-2024-5843

2024-06-1100:00:00

ubuntu.com

google chrome

downloads

insecure implementation

remote attacker

obfuscated security ui

malicious file

chromium severity

debian package

ubuntu 19.10

chromium snap

6.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

6.8 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

21.9%

JSON

Inappropriate implementation in Downloads in Google Chrome prior to
126.0.6478.54 allowed a remote attacker to obfuscate security UI via a
malicious file. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Notes

Author	Note
alexmurray	The Debian chromium source package is called chromium-browser in Ubuntu
mdeslaur	starting with Ubuntu 19.10, the chromium-browser package is just a script that installs the Chromium snap