CVE detail
CVE-2020-16007
Insufficient data validation in installer in Google Chrome prior to 86.0.4240.183 allowed a local attacker to potentially elevate privilege via a crafted filesystem.
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Buzz score components · mention 11.0 · diversity 6.5 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
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Evidence
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Google has released updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in the Chrome browser, including two that are actively exploited in attacks. Chrome 86.0.4240.183 for Windows, macOS, and Linux was pushed to the stable channel with patches for a total of seven vulnerabilities, all of which feature a severity rating of high.
newswww.securityweek.comNov 3, 2020, 2:35 PMGoogle released Chrome 86.0.4240.183 for Windows, Mac, and Linux to fix 10 security vulnerabilities, including an RCE zero-day exploited in the wild. Google has released Chrome 86.0.4240.183 for Windows, Mac, and Linux that address ten security vulnerabilities including a remote code execution (RCE) zero-day (CVE-2020-16009) exploited by threat actors in the wild. The RCE is […]
newssecurityaffairs.comNov 3, 2020, 8:20 AM
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