CVE-2024-7980

State: Published
Severity: 7.3 High
Published: Aug 21, 2024
Updated: Aug 22, 2024
Reserved: Aug 19, 2024

Description

Insufficient data validation in Installer in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 128.0.6613.84 allowed a local attacker to perform privilege escalation via a crafted symbolic link. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.3 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CISA-ADP

Weaknesses

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

Affected Products

Product	Versions
ChromeGoogle	128.0.6613.84 to before 128.0.6613.84Affected

References

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_21.html
https://issues.chromium.org/issues/356328460

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