CVE-2021-4324 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Insufficient policy enforcement in Google Update in Google Chrome prior to 90.0.4430.93 allowed a remote attacker to read arbitrary files via a malicious file. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Published: 2023-07-28

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very 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
`90.0.4430.93`	affected	< 90.0.4430.93

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-34153	Insufficient policy enforcement in Google Update in Google Chrome prior to 90.0.4430.93 allowed a remote attacker to read arbitrary files via a malicious file. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00177.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_26.html
https://crbug.com/1193233
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PQKT7EGDD2P3L7S3NXEDDRCPK4NNZNWJ/

History

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 14:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Google Chrome

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published: 2023-07-28T23:26:54.459Z

Updated: 2025-02-13T16:28:42.563Z

Reserved: 2023-02-12T21:19:11.418Z

Link: CVE-2021-4324

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T17:23:10.374Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-07-29T00:15:10.720

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:37:25.197

Link: CVE-2021-4324

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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