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Status published
Medium
CVE-2020-15988
Insufficient policy enforcement in downloads in Google Chrome on Windows...
Vulnerability Description
Insufficient policy enforcement in downloads in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 86.0.4240.75 allowed a remote attacker who convinced the user to open files to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page.
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.
References
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://crbug.com/1092518
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00016.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4GWCWNHTTYOH6HSFUXPGPBB6J6JYZHZE/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/24QFL4C3AZKMFVL7LVSYMU2DNE5VVUGS/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SC3U3H6AISVZB5PLZLLNF4HMQ4UFFL7M/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4824
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Affected Vendor
Affected Software
Chrome
Vulnerable Versions:
unspecified
Timeline
Official Publish:
November 3rd, 2020
Last Modified:
August 4th, 2024
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.