CVE-2021-37969

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Inappropriate implementation in Google Updater in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 94.0.4606.54 allowed a remote attacker to perform local privilege escalation via a crafted file.

Una implementación inapropiada en Google Updater en Google Chrome en Windows versiones anteriores a 94.0.4606.54, permitía a un atacante remoto llevar a cabo una escalada de privilegios local por medio de un archivo diseñado

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2021-08-03 CVE Reserved
2021-10-08 CVE Published
2024-08-04 CVE Updated
2024-08-16 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_21.html	2023-11-07
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4DDW7HAHTS3SDVXBQUY4SURELO5D4X7R	2023-11-07
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PM7MOYYHJSWLIFZ4TPJTD7MSA3HSSLV2	2023-11-07
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5046	2023-11-07

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"	< 94.0.4606.54 Search vendor "Google" for product "Chrome" and version " < 94.0.4606.54"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	-	-	Safe
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				33 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "33"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				35 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "35"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				10.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "10.0"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				11.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "11.0"		-		Affected