CVE-2024-7979
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-08-21 20:20
Modified
2024-08-22 14:49
Severity ?
7.0 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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)
References
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttps://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_21.htmlRelease Notes
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttps://issues.chromium.org/issues/356064205Permissions Required
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