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CVE-2020-15961

Date: September 21, 2020

Insufficient policy validation in extensions in Google Chrome prior to 85.0.4183.121 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted Chrome Extension.

Language: C++

Severity Score

9.6

Related Resources (20)

Url: https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_21.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00087.html

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YWNBJFBPKYCYSZTS54FHNCRZG6KC2AIJ/

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00049.html

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GNIYFJST4TFJYFZ27VODBOINCLBGULTD/

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15961

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15961

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-30

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2020-15961

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FN7HZIGAOCZKBT4LV363BCPRA5FLY25I/

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00096.html

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-15961

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FN7HZIGAOCZKBT4LV363BCPRA5FLY25I/

Url: https://crbug.com/1114636

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202009-13

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00095.html

Url: https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4824

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GNIYFJST4TFJYFZ27VODBOINCLBGULTD/

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YWNBJFBPKYCYSZTS54FHNCRZG6KC2AIJ/

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2020-15961

Severity Score

9.6

Weakness Type (CWE)

Insufficient Information

NVD-CWE-noinfo

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	9.6
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	REQUIRED
Scope (S):	CHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.8
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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CVE-2020-15961

Date: September 21, 2020

Language: C++

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CVSS v2

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