CVE-2024-7980

2024-08-2100:00:00

ubuntu.com

google chrome

windows

privilege escalation

data validation

symbolic link

cve-2024-7980

chromium

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

6.2

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

17.7%

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 crafted symbolic link. (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