VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2023-2940
Inappropriate implementation in Downloads in Google Chrome prior to 114.0.5735.90 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass file access restrictions via a crafted HTML page.
MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 0.69%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.69%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Inappropriate implementation in Downloads in Google Chrome prior to 114.0.5735.90 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass file access restrictions via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.69% probability · 51th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-284
- Affected
- google/chrome
- Source
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com
References
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_30.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://crbug.com/1426807Permissions Required
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-11
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5418
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_30.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://crbug.com/1426807Permissions Required
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-11
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5418
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.