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CVE-2020-15973
Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions in Google Chrome prior to 86.0.4240.75 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a…
Medium6.5EPSS 1.0%
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- Updated
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- Chrome
Description
Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions in Google Chrome prior to 86.0.4240.75 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass same origin policy via a crafted Chrome Extension.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.0% · top 36% 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 6.5.
Weakness
- Insufficient policy enforcement
Affected products
References (7)
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://crbug.com/1106890 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2020:1829 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- FEDORA-2020-127d40f1ab (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2020-8aca25b5c8 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2020-4e8e48da22 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- DSA-4824 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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