OS-level privilege escalation via malicious file
Published Jul 16, 2024 · Updated Aug 1, 2024
Insufficient input validation in Google Chrome Updater before 120.0.6099.62 allows attackers to gain OS-level privileges via a malicious file. Google has not published the specific Updater input field or validation operation that mishandles the file; the linked issue remains access-restricted. Processing the malicious file in the local Updater context is required, and successful exploitation grants elevated OS privileges.
Summary
What happened
Insufficient input validation in Google Chrome Updater before 120.0.6099.62 allows attackers to gain OS-level privileges via a malicious file. Google has not published the specific Updater input field or validation operation that mishandles the file; the linked issue remains access-restricted. Processing the malicious file in the local Updater context is required, and successful exploitation grants elevated OS privileges.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-3173
- Published
- Jul 16, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 1, 2024
- Vendor
- Google Cloud
- Product
- Google Chrome
- Classifications
- CWE-345, CWE-20, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jul 16, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 1, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=120.0.6099.62 <120.0.6099.62
- Affected versionversion=20.0.6099.62 <120.0.6099.62
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