CVE-2017-5081 - CVE House
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Status published Low CVE-2017-5081

Lack of verification of an extension's locale folder in Google...

Vulnerability Description

Lack of verification of an extension's locale folder in Google Chrome prior to 59.0.3071.86 for Mac, Windows, and Linux, and 59.0.3071.92 for Android, allowed an attacker with local write access to modify extensions by modifying extension files.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Google Chrome prior to 59.0.3071.86 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 59.0.3071.92 for Android
Vulnerable Versions:
Google Chrome prior to 59.0.3071.86 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 59.0.3071.92 for Android

Timeline

Official Publish: October 27th, 2017
Last Modified: August 5th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.