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Improper Access Control

CVE-2020-16043

High
8.8/10

Summary

Insufficient data validation in networking in Google Chrome versions prior to 87.0.4280.141 allowed a remote attacker to bypass discretionary access control via malicious network traffic.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

Listed 5th in the 'OWASP Top Ten', improper (or broken) access control attacks are a fundamental type of vulnerability. This includes a broad range of design flaws that enable users to act outside of their intended permissions. They can use these privileges to gain access to restricted files and functionality such as accessing restricted information, falsifying records, destroying data, or executing commands.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published