CVE-2024-5843Network attack vector

Security UI obfuscation via malicious file

Published Jun 11, 2024 · Updated Feb 13, 2025

Inappropriate implementation in Google Chrome Downloads before 126.0.6478.54 allows remote attackers to obfuscate security UI via a malicious file. Google identifies the Downloads component but has not disclosed the faulty operation or how the file causes the interface to conceal or misrepresent a warning. Reaching the flaw requires user interaction with attacker-supplied file content; the bounded result is deceptive download-related UI rather than a published browser compromise.

CVSS severity8.8
High
EPSS probability0.47%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Inappropriate implementation in Google Chrome Downloads before 126.0.6478.54 allows remote attackers to obfuscate security UI via a malicious file. Google identifies the Downloads component but has not disclosed the faulty operation or how the file causes the interface to conceal or misrepresent a warning. Reaching the flaw requires user interaction with attacker-supplied file content; the bounded result is deceptive download-related UI rather than a published browser compromise.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-5843
Published
Jun 11, 2024
Updated
Feb 13, 2025
Vendor
Google Cloud
Product
Google Chrome
Classifications
CWE-843, T1204.002
Attack vector
network
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jun 11, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Feb 13, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <126.0.6478.54
  2. Affected versionversion=126.0.6478.54 <126.0.6478.54

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Google Cloud · Google Chromeversion=0 <126.0.6478.54; version=126.0.6478.54 <126.0.6478.54

Published CVSS scores

8.8CISACVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-843Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')
T1204.002User Execution: Malicious File

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