CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-21117
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-02-09
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-362, CWE-59
Description
Insufficient policy enforcement in Cryptohome in Google Chrome prior to 88.0.4324.96 allowed a local attacker to perform OS-level privilege escalation via a crafted file.
Affected configurations
• google chrome (< 88.0.4324.96)
Related
References
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_19.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://crbug.com/1137179 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_19.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://crbug.com/1137179 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory