CVE-2020-6477

Publication date 21 May 2020

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

Inappropriate implementation in installer in Google Chrome on OS X prior to 83.0.4103.61 allowed a local attacker to perform privilege escalation via a crafted file.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
chromium-browser 20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
19.10 eoan
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 83.0.4103.61-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 84.0.4147.105-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Notes


alexmurray

The Debian chromium source package is called chromium-browser in Ubuntu


mdeslaur

starting with Ubuntu 19.10, the chromium-browser package is just a script that installs the Chromium snap

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H