CVE-2020-16007 Privilege escalation in Chrome

What is CVE-2020-16007?

CVE-2020-16007 is a high-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 3 Nov 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Insufficient data validation in installer in Google Chrome prior to 86.0.4240.183 allowed a local attacker to potentially elevate privilege via a crafted filesystem.

Weakness: CWE-59

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-16007?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Google Chrome, Opensuse Backports Sle, Opensuse Leap.

How do I fix CVE-2020-16007?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2020-16007 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-16007 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Debian Debian Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-pq88-763g-v6f6, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-16007.