CVE-2023-2939 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Insufficient data validation in Installer in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 114.0.5735.90 allowed a local attacker to perform privilege escalation via crafted symbolic link. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Google	Chrome
Microsoft	Windows

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_30.html
https://crbug.com/1427431
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-11
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5418

History

Mon, 05 May 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published: 2023-05-30T21:31:41.044Z

Updated: 2025-05-05T15:58:30.274Z

Reserved: 2023-05-27T19:39:15.074Z

Link: CVE-2023-2939

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T06:41:03.850Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-05-30T22:15:10.477

Modified: 2025-05-05T16:15:38.983

Link: CVE-2023-2939

Redhat

No data.

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