Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in chromium (Alpine package)

1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

EUVDB-ID: #VU26204

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-6425

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient policy enforcement in extensions in Google Chrome. A remote attacker can trick a victim to install a specially crafted extension and execute arbitrary code on the system.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

chromium (Alpine package): 79.0.3945.130-r0 - 80.0.3987.132-r2

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:alpine:chromium_alpine_package:79.0.3945.130-r0:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:3.10
• cpe:2.3:o:alpine:chromium_alpine_package:80.0.3987.122-r0:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:3.11
• cpe:2.3:o:alpine:chromium_alpine_package:80.0.3987.132-r0:*:*:*:*:alpine_linux:*:3.11

External links

https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=739fadc78ad34b35354f0dc51861f882dd8c15e1

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.