Google Chrome prior 71.0.3578.80 Renderer HTML Page 7pk security

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A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Google Chrome. This affects an unknown part of the component Renderer. The manipulation as part of HTML Page results in 7pk security. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2018-20067. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability was found in Google Chrome (Web Browser). It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown part of the component Renderer. The manipulation as part of a HTML Page leads to a 7pk security vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-254. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A renderer initiated back navigation was incorrectly allowed to cancel a browser initiated one in Navigation in Google Chrome prior to 71.0.3578.80 allowed a remote attacker to confuse the user about the origin of the current page via a crafted HTML page.

The bug was discovered 12/04/2018. The weakness was disclosed 01/09/2019 (Website). The advisory is available at chromereleases.googleblog.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-20067 since 12/11/2018. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/27/2020). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.This vulnerability is assigned to T1211 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 36 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

Upgrading to version 71.0.3578.80 eliminates this vulnerability.

The entries VDB-127833, VDB-127834, VDB-127835 and VDB-127836 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• Web Browser

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• Google

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• Chrome

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• free

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• Vendor: https://www.google.com/
• Product: https://www.google.com/chrome/

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