CVE-2020-16027

Summary

CVECVE-2020-16027
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-01-08 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-01-12 14:32:00 UTC
DescriptionInsufficient policy enforcement in developer tools in Google Chrome prior to 87.0.4280.66 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to obtain potentially sensitive information from the user's disk via a crafted Chrome Extension.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-862

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Google Chrome All All All All
Application Google Chrome All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1116444 - chromium - An open-source project to help move the web forward. - Monorail MISC crbug.com Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
Chrome Releases: Stable Channel Update for Desktop MISC chromereleases.googleblog.com Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 750564 OpenSUSE Security Update for chromium (openSUSE-SU-2020:2032-1)
  • 750572 OpenSUSE Security Update for chromium (openSUSE-SU-2020:2021-1)
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