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Google Chrome Vulnerability: CVE-2017-5081 Extension verification bypass

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Google Chrome Vulnerability: CVE-2017-5081 Extension verification bypass

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
10/27/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/06/2017
Modified
11/08/2023

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.

Solution(s)

  • google-chrome-upgrade-latest

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