CVE-2023-5479 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Inappropriate implementation in Extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 118.0.5993.70 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass an enterprise policy via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00051.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Debian Subscribe	Debian Linux Subscribe
Google Subscribe	Chrome Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

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

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:12.0:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-5526-1	chromium security update

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_10.html
https://crbug.com/1471253
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-11
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-07
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5526

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published: 2023-10-11T22:28:53.425Z

Updated: 2025-02-13T17:25:34.038Z

Reserved: 2023-10-10T00:12:40.591Z

Link: CVE-2023-5479

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-11T23:15:10.797

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:41:51.330

Link: CVE-2023-5479

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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