CVE-2020-16027

MEDIUM

Google Chrome < 87.0.4280.66 - Insufficient Policy Enforcement in Developer Tools

Title source: llm

Description

Insufficient policy enforcement in developer tools in Google Chrome prior to 87.0.4280.66 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to obtain potentially sensitive information from the user's disk via a crafted Chrome Extension.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_17.html

Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://crbug.com/1116444

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5

EPSS 0.0080

EPSS Percentile 52.2%

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-862

Status published

Products (1)

google/chrome < 87.0.4280.66

Published Jan 08, 2021

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026