CVE-2021-37969 Privilege escalation in Chrome

What is CVE-2021-37969?

CVE-2021-37969 is a high-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 8 Oct 2021. 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 Google Updater in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 94.0.4606.54 allowed a remote attacker to perform local privilege escalation via a crafted file.

Weakness: CWE-59

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-37969?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2021-37969?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2021-37969 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-37969 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Debian Debian Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2021-37969, GHSA-w47r-7v68-q6fc, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-37969.