CVE-2020-6417 Privilege escalation in Chrome
High 7.8
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-6417 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2020-6417 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 11 Feb 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-6417 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Google Chrome. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-6417/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-6417/index.md)
A local attacker can execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges via a crafted registry entry in the Chrome installer.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2020-6417?
CVE-2020-6417 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 11 Feb 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Inappropriate implementation in installer in Google Chrome prior to 80.0.3987.87 allowed a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted registry entry.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-6417?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2020-6417?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2020-6417 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-6417 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v7x5-7rf4-h5f6, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-6417.