Google Chrome prior 83.0.4103.61 Installer privileges management

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Google Chrome. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Installer. This manipulation causes privileges management. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2020-6477. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in Google Chrome (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component Installer. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Inappropriate implementation in installer in Google Chrome on OS X prior to 83.0.4103.61 allowed a local attacker to perform privilege escalation via a crafted file.

The weakness was disclosed 05/19/2020 as Stable Channel Update for Desktop, May 2020 as confirmed blog post (Website). The advisory is shared at chromereleases.googleblog.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2020-6477. 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 $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/21/2020). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 83.0.4103.61 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The entries VDB-155485, VDB-155486, VDB-155487 and VDB-155488 are pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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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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