Vulnerability in Google Chrome
CVE-2020-6471
Insufficient policy enforcement in developer tools in Google Chrome prior to 83.0.4103.61 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted Chrome Extension.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.6 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.014 (72.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 72nd percentile — 72.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Google Chrome — versions unspecified
- Debian Linux — versions 9.0, 10.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 31, 32
- openSUSE Backports Sle — versions 15.0
- openSUSE Leap — versions 15.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_19.html (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- crbug.com/1059577 (Exploit, Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-02 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00034.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00038.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4714 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-30 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-6471?
- CVE-2020-6471 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Incorrect Default Permissions. CVSS score: 9.6/10. Published 2020-05-21.
- How severe is CVE-2020-6471?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.6 out of 10.