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CVE-2020-6477 (GCVE-0-2020-6477)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-05-21 03:46 – Updated: 2024-08-04 09:02

Summary

Inappropriate implementation in installer in Google Chrome on OS X prior to 83.0.4103.61 allowed a local attacker to perform privilege escalation via a crafted file.

Severity

7.8 (High)


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

CWE

Inappropriate implementation

Assigner

Chrome Google root

References

7 references

URL	Tags
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/05/sta…	x_refsource_MISC
https://crbug.com/946156	x_refsource_MISC
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-02	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
Google	Chrome	Affected: unspecified , < 83.0.4103.61 (custom)	guessed

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ubuntu-cve-2020-6477

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2020-05-21 04:15

Modified

2025-09-08 16:45

Summary

Details

Inappropriate implementation in installer in Google Chrome on OS X prior to 83.0.4103.61 allowed a local attacker to perform privilege escalation via a crafted file.

Severity

7.8 (High)


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

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-6477	REPORT
	https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/05/sta…	REPORT
	https://crbug.com/946156	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-6477	REPORT

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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "Inappropriate implementation in installer in Google Chrome on OS X prior to 83.0.4103.61 allowed a local attacker to perform privilege escalation via a crafted file.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2020-6477",
  "modified": "2025-09-08T16:45:57Z",
  "published": "2020-05-21T04:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-6477"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_19.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://crbug.com/946156"
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  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
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    {
      "score": "medium",
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    "CVE-2020-6477"
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}

Sightings

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CVE-2020-6477 (GCVE-0-2020-6477)

ubuntu-cve-2020-6477

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

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