CVE-2019-5879

MEDIUM

Google Chrome < 77.0.3865.75 - Insufficient Policy Enforcement in Extensions

Title source: llm

Description

Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions in Google Chrome prior to 77.0.3865.75 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to read local files via a crafted Chrome Extension.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html

Issue Tracking x_refsource_misc

https://crbug.com/986043

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5

EPSS 0.0059

EPSS Percentile 43.9%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE

CWE-863

Status published

Products (1)

google/chrome < 77.0.3865.75

Published Nov 25, 2019

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026