CVE-2022-2160 Information disclosure in Chrome
An attacker can obtain sensitive local file information via a malicious extension and crafted HTML page in Google Chrome on Windows.
- 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-2022-2160?
CVE-2022-2160 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 28 Jul 2022. 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 DevTools in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 103.0.5060.53 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to obtain potentially sensitive information from a user's local files via a crafted HTML page.
Weakness: CWE-362
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-2160?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2022-2160?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2022-2160 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2160 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Fedoraproject Fedora
Sources
Also known as CLEANSTART-2024-OB48470, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-2160, GHSA-jrfh-w785-mgxc, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-2160.