CVE-2024-7977

2024-08-2100:00:00

ubuntu.com

google chrome

windows

data validation

installer

privilege escalation

malicious file

chromium

ubuntu 19.10

CVSS3

7.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

AI Score

6.5

Confidence

High

JSON

Insufficient data validation in Installer in Google Chrome on Windows prior
to 128.0.6613.84 allowed a local attacker to perform privilege escalation
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