cve-2023-2940
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-05-30 21:31
Modified
2025-03-12 17:57
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Summary
Inappropriate implementation in Downloads in Google Chrome prior to 114.0.5735.90 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass file access restrictions via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
References
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttps://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_30.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttps://crbug.com/1426807Permissions Required
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-11
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttps://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5418
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_30.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://crbug.com/1426807Permissions Required
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-11
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5418
Impacted products
GoogleChrome
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