CVE-2019-5879

chromium-browser: Extensions can read some local files

Severity Score

6.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions in Google Chrome prior to 77.0.3865.75 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to read local files via a crafted Chrome Extension.

La aplicación insuficiente de la política en las extensiones de Google Chrome anteriores a 77.0.3865.75 permitió a un atacante que convenció a un usuario instalar una extensión maliciosa para leer archivos locales a través de una extensión de Chrome especialmente diseñada.

Chromium is an open-source web browser, powered by WebKit. This update upgrades Chromium to version 77.0.3865.120. Issues addressed include bypass, cross site request forgery, file download, heap overflow, out of bounds access, and use-after-free vulnerabilities.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2019-01-09 CVE Reserved
2019-10-29 CVE Published
2024-08-04 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html	X_refsource_misc
https://crbug.com/986043	X_refsource_misc

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-5879	2019-10-29
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1762377	2019-10-29

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Google Search vendor "Google"		Chrome Search vendor "Google" for product "Chrome"				< 77.0.3865.75 Search vendor "Google" for product "Chrome" and version " < 77.0.3865.75"		-		Affected