Google Chrome up to 85.0.4183.102 Policy Enforcement information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Chrome. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Policy Enforcement. Performing a manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2020-15966. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Google Chrome (Web Browser). This affects an unknown function of the component Policy Enforcement. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions in Google Chrome prior to 85.0.4183.121 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to obtain potentially sensitive information via a crafted Chrome Extension.

The weakness was shared 09/21/2020 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at chromereleases.googleblog.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2020-15966 since 07/27/2020. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 208612 (CentOS 6 : chromium-browser (RHSA-2020:4206)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 85.0.4183.121 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (208612). The entries VDB-161673, VDB-161674, VDB-161675 and VDB-161676 are related to this item. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.0

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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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Nessus ID: 208612
Nessus Name: CentOS 6 : chromium-browser (RHSA-2020:4206)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Chrome 85.0.4183.121

Timelineinfo

07/27/2020 🔍
09/21/2020 +56 days 🔍
09/22/2020 +1 days 🔍
05/05/2025 +1686 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: chromereleases.googleblog.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2020-15966 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-15966
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-161679
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/22/2020 06:47
Updated: 05/05/2025 03:10
Changes: 09/22/2020 06:47 (40), 09/22/2020 06:52 (4), 10/13/2024 13:07 (17), 05/05/2025 03:10 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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