{"id":"CVE-2017-5081","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-5081","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T22:11:17.069Z","title":"Lack of verification of an extension's locale folder in Google Chrome prior to 59.0.3071.86 for Mac, Windows, and Linux, and 59.0.3071.92 for Android, allowed an attacker with local write access to modify extensions by modifying extension files.","description":"Lack of verification of an extension's locale folder in Google Chrome prior to 59.0.3071.86 for Mac, Windows, and Linux, and 59.0.3071.92 for Android, allowed an attacker with local write access to modify extensions by modifying extension files.","published":"2017-10-27T05:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:19:53.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":3.3,"severity":"LOW","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["google/chrome","debian/debian linux","redhat/enterprise linux desktop","redhat/enterprise linux server","redhat/enterprise linux workstation"],"epss":{"score":0.00339,"percentile":0.27127,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.34%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98861","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038622","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1399","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"https://crbug.com/672008","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-20","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98861","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038622","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1399","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://crbug.com/672008","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-20","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5081","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}