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HIGH · 7.0

CVE-2017-15405

Inappropriate symlink handling and a race condition in the stateful recovery feature implementation could lead to a persistance established by a malicious code running with root privileges in cryptoho...

Vulnerability Description

Inappropriate symlink handling and a race condition in the stateful recovery feature implementation could lead to a persistance established by a malicious code running with root privileges in cryptohomed in Google Chrome on Chrome OS prior to 61.0.3163.113 allowed a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page.

CVSS Score

7.0

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
GoogleChrome< 61.0.3163.113

Related Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-362

References

FAQ

What is CVE-2017-15405?

CVE-2017-15405 is a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.0 (HIGH). Inappropriate symlink handling and a race condition in the stateful recovery feature implementation could lead to a persistance established by a malicious code running with root privileges in cryptoho...

How severe is CVE-2017-15405?

CVE-2017-15405 has been rated HIGH with a CVSS base score of 7.0/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.

Is there a patch for CVE-2017-15405?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Google Chrome.