CVE-2020-6495 Security feature bypass in Chrome
An attacker can escape the browser sandbox by tricking a user into installing a malicious Chrome extension, leading to code execution on the host system.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2020-6495?
CVE-2020-6495 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 3 Jun 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Insufficient policy enforcement in developer tools in Google Chrome prior to 83.0.4103.97 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted Chrome Extension.
Weakness: CWE-276
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-6495?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Google Chrome, Opensuse Backports, Opensuse Leap.
How do I fix CVE-2020-6495?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2020-6495 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-6495 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2020-6495, GHSA-5wfx-4wq5-v78r, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-6495.