CVE-2017-15404

High

Description

An ability to process crash dumps under root privileges and inappropriate symlinks handling could lead to a local privilege escalation in Crash Reporting in Google Chrome on Chrome OS prior to 61.0.3163.113 allowed a local attacker to perform privilege escalation via a crafted HTML page.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductGoogle Chrome
PublishedJan 9, 2019
First seenJan 9, 2019

How to fix

Update
  • google chrome61.0.3163.113 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
google chromev < 61.0.3163.11361.0.3163.113

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CVE-2017-15404 · Google Chrome · Dark Radar