Google Chrome up to 80.0.3987.162 Policy Enforcement information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Google Chrome. This impacts an unknown function of the component Policy Enforcement. This manipulation causes information disclosure. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2020-6438. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Google Chrome (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component Policy Enforcement. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions in Google Chrome prior to 81.0.4044.92 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted Chrome Extension.

The weakness was published 04/13/2020. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2020-6438 since 01/08/2020. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. 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 $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/14/2020). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 81.0.4044.92 eliminates this vulnerability.

Similar entries are available at VDB-153089, VDB-153088, VDB-153087 and VDB-153086. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.6

VulDB Base Score: 5.0
VulDB Temp Score: 4.8
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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Chrome 81.0.4044.92

Timelineinfo

01/08/2020 🔍
04/13/2020 +96 days 🔍
04/14/2020 +1 days 🔍
05/09/2025 +1851 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: FEDORA-2020-0e7f1b663b
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2020-6438 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-6438
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-153085
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Entryinfo

Created: 04/14/2020 09:09
Updated: 05/09/2025 11:41
Changes: 04/14/2020 09:09 (39), 04/14/2020 09:14 (18), 05/18/2024 16:38 (19), 05/09/2025 11:41 (7)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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