CVE-2011-2169 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Google Chrome OS versions prior to R12 0.12.433.38 Beta. An attacker can gain elevated privileges by creating a specific configuration file, /var/lib/chromeos-aliases.conf, and embedding malicious commands within it. With a CVSS score of 7.2, this vulnerability is considered high severity, requiring local access with low attack complexity, and potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.12.433.35CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:chrome_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.9.126.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:chrome_os:0.9.126.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.10.142.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:chrome_os:0.10.142.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.10.146.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:chrome_os:0.10.146.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.10.156.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:chrome_os:0.10.156.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.