CVE-2012-2764 describes an untrusted search path vulnerability in Google Chrome versions prior to 20.0.1132.43 on Windows, allowing local privilege escalation through a malicious Metro DLL. With a CVSS score of 7.2, this vulnerability is considered high severity due to its local attack vector and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA KEV and showing no active exploitation, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 20.0.1132.42CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
20.0.1132.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:20.0.1132.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
20.0.1132.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:20.0.1132.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
20.0.1132.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:20.0.1132.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
20.0.1132.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:20.0.1132.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.
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.