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Improper Access Control

CVE-2020-6414

Severity High
Score 8.8/10

Summary

Insufficient policy enforcement in Safe Browsing in Google Chrome prior to 80.0.3987.87 allowed a remote attacker to bypass navigation restrictions via a crafted HTML page.

  • 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.

Advisory Timeline

  • Published