Google Chrome up to 86.0.4240.185 HTML Page sandbox

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Chrome. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component HTML Page Handler. The manipulation leads to sandbox. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2020-16016. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Chrome (Web Browser) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component HTML Page Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a sandbox vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-265. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 01/09/2021. The advisory is shared at crbug.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-16016. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/15/2024). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1611 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 208553 (CentOS 6 : chromium-browser (RHSA-2020:5165)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 86.0.4240.193 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (208553). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.8

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 9.6
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Sandbox
CWE: CWE-265 / CWE-264
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 208553
Nessus Name: CentOS 6 : chromium-browser (RHSA-2020:5165)

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: Chrome 86.0.4240.193

Timelineinfo

07/27/2020 🔍
01/09/2021 +166 days 🔍
01/09/2021 +0 days 🔍
05/04/2025 +1576 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: crbug.com
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2020-16016 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-16016
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-167477

Entryinfo

Created: 01/09/2021 12:45 PM
Updated: 05/04/2025 02:24 PM
Changes: 01/09/2021 12:45 PM (40), 02/10/2021 03:05 PM (5), 02/10/2021 03:07 PM (18), 10/15/2024 10:39 PM (18), 05/04/2025 02:24 PM (3)
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