CVEvulnerability

CVE-2019-5778

6.5 MEDIUM Published 2019-02-19 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2019-02-19
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-79

Description

A missing case for handling special schemes in permission request checks in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 72.0.3626.81 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass extension permission checks for privileged pages via a crafted Chrome Extension.

Affected configurations

• google chrome (< 72.0.3626.81) • debian debian linux 9.0 • redhat enterprise linux desktop 6.0 • redhat enterprise linux server 6.0 • redhat enterprise linux workstation 6.0 • fedoraproject fedora 29 • fedoraproject fedora 30

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness

References