CVE-2023-2939

high

Description

Insufficient data validation in Installer in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 114.0.5735.90 allowed a local attacker to perform privilege escalation via crafted symbolic link. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

References

https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5418

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-11

https://crbug.com/1427431

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_30.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-05-30

Updated: 2025-05-05

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H