vulnerability
Arch Linux: Privilege escalation (CVE-2020-16007)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Nov 3, 2020 | Jul 11, 2025 | Nov 27, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Nov 3, 2020
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Nov 27, 2025
Description
An insufficient data validation security issue has been found in the installer component of the chromium browser before 86.0.4240.75, allowing a local attacker to potentially elevate privilege via a crafted filesystem.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
- CVE-2020-16007
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2020-16007
- URL-http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00016.html
- URL-http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00017.html
- URL-https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- URL-https://crbug.com/1125018
- URL-https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202011-2
- URL-https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4824
- CWE-59
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