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CVE-2023-2940
Inappropriate implementation in Downloads in Google Chrome prior to 114.0.5735.90 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a…
Medium6.5EPSS 0.69%
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- Chrome
Description
Inappropriate implementation in Downloads in Google Chrome prior to 114.0.5735.90 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass file access restrictions via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
| 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)
- 0.69% · top 47% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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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
- Inappropriate implementation
- CWE-284 Improper Access Control (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-284 and its CVEs
Affected products
References (5)
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_30.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://crbug.com/1426807 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5418 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-11 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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