Arbitrary file disclosure via malicious file
Published Jul 28, 2023 · Updated Feb 13, 2025
Insufficient policy enforcement in Google Update before 90.0.4430.93 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files through a malicious file. Google identifies the component and delivery vector but has not published the failed policy check or the code path that reads the targeted file. Exploitation requires user interaction, and the documented consequence is limited to file confidentiality.
Summary
What happened
Insufficient policy enforcement in Google Update before 90.0.4430.93 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files through a malicious file. Google identifies the component and delivery vector but has not published the failed policy check or the code path that reads the targeted file. Exploitation requires user interaction, and the documented consequence is limited to file confidentiality.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2021-4324
- Published
- Jul 28, 2023
- Updated
- Feb 13, 2025
- Vendor
- Google Cloud
- Product
- Google Chrome
- Classifications
- T1204.002
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jul 28, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 13, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=90.0.4430.93 <90.0.4430.93
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