CVE-2021-21125 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Insufficient policy enforcement in File System API in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 88.0.4324.96 allowed a remote attacker to bypass filesystem restrictions via a crafted HTML page.

Published: 2021-02-09

Score: 8.1 High

EPSS: 6.9% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Google

Chrome

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 88.0.4324.96

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:edge_chromium::::::::

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-4846-1	chromium security update
EUVD	EUVD-2021-8516	Insufficient policy enforcement in File System API in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 88.0.4324.96 allowed a remote attacker to bypass filesystem restrictions via a crafted HTML page.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.06937.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_19.html
https://crbug.com/1152327
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2021-21125

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Google Chrome

Microsoft Edge Chromium

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published: 2021-02-09T13:56:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T18:01:13.911Z

Reserved: 2020-12-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-21125

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-02-09T14:15:15.950

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:47:37.030

Link: CVE-2021-21125

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-59

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