CVE-2019-13702 Privilege escalation in Chrome

What is CVE-2019-13702?

CVE-2019-13702 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 25 Nov 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Inappropriate implementation in installer in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 78.0.3904.70 allowed a local attacker to perform privilege escalation via a crafted executable.

Weakness: CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-13702?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Google Chrome, Opensuse Backports Sle.

How do I fix CVE-2019-13702?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2019-13702 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-13702 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-456j-pp8g-p3qx, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-13702.