CVE-2020-16021

Race in image burner in Google Chrome on ChromeOS prior to 87.0.4280.66 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the browser process to perform OS-level privilege escalation via a malicious file.

CVSS v3.0 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 5.1 MEDIUM

7.5^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.6 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

5.1^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 4.9 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity HIGH

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_17.html	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://crbug.com/1139414	Permissions Required Vendor Advisory

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:google:chrome_os:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2021-01-08 11:15

Updated : 2021-01-12 07:26

NVD link : CVE-2020-16021

Mitre link : CVE-2020-16021

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

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Products Affected

google

chrome_os
chrome

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