VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-5879
Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions in Google Chrome prior to 77.0.3865.75 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to read local files via a crafted Chrome Extension.
MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 0.59%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.59%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions in Google Chrome prior to 77.0.3865.75 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to read local files via a crafted Chrome Extension.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.59% probability · 47th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-863
- Affected
- google/chrome
- Source
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.