What is CVE-2017-15404?

CVE-2017-15404 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-01-09.

How severe is CVE-2017-15404?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Google Chrome

CVE-2017-15404

An ability to process crash dumps under root privileges and inappropriate symlinks handling could lead to a local privilege escalation in Crash Reporting in Google Chrome on Chrome OS prior to 61.0.3163.113 allowed a local attacker to perform privilege escalation via a crafted HTML page.

Vulnerability class: TOCTOU (Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use)

EPSS: 0.002 (8.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Google Chrome — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-367 — Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

References

chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_MISC)
chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-15404?: CVE-2017-15404 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-01-09.
How severe is CVE-2017-15404?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.