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Improper Privilege Management

CVE-2020-6522

Severity High
Score 9.6/10

Summary

Inappropriate implementation in external protocol handlers in Google Chrome prior to 84.0.4147.89 allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • CHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management

An effective privilege management infrastructure provides valid users with required access and privileges across heterogeneous technology environments. An application with a faulty privilege management infrastructure allows higher than authorized privileges or enables privilege escalation. This can lead to security incidents such as system infiltration, data breach, and complete system takeover.

Advisory Timeline

  • Published