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CVE-2019-5838
Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 75.0.3770.80 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to…
Medium4.3EPSS 0.77%
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- Chrome
Description
Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 75.0.3770.80 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass restrictions on file URIs via a crafted Chrome Extension.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.77% · top 44% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
- Insufficient policy enforcement
- CWE-863 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-863 and its CVEs
Affected products
References (8)
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://crbug.com/893087 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2019:1666 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-8fb8240d14 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-a1af621faf (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- DSA-4500 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 20190813 [SECURITY] [DSA 4500-1] chromium security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- GLSA-201908-18 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
Sources
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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