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CVE-2023-7261

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-7261 is a high-severity privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Google Updater prior to version 1.3.36.351 in Google Chrome. It stems from an inappropriate implementation that allows a local attacker to execute malicious files. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring user interaction for exploitation. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage regarding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.3.36.351CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:updater:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.16%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
5.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0016 is in the 4th percentile among its peer group of 11,616 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

issues.chromium.org / issues/40064602
ExploitIssue Tracking