CVE-2022-3047 Security feature bypass in Chrome

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

An attacker can bypass download policies in Google Chrome by tricking a user into installing a malicious extension via a crafted HTML page.

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-2022-3047?

CVE-2022-3047 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 26 Sep 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 Extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 105.0.5195.52 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass downloads policy via a crafted HTML page.

Weakness: CWE-602

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-3047?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2022-3047?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2022-3047 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-3047 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Fedoraproject Fedora vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3047, GHSA-4wg5-gh53-4jf5, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3047.

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