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CVE-2019-13762

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-13762 is a low-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome on Windows, affecting versions prior to 79.0.3945.79, as well as various Linux distributions and Microsoft products. It allowed a local attacker to spoof downloaded files due to insufficient policy enforcement in the downloads feature. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 3.3 (LOW) with a local attack vector, low attack complexity, and a potential impact of low integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog, though it has received some community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 79.0.3945.79CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
30CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
31CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

3.3LOW

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.17%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
6.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0017 is in the 40th percentile among its peer group of 1,511 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: chromium-browser-0:79.0.3945.79-1.el6_10
View patch
googlevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-13762Low

chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in downloads

Dec 10, 2019

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00032.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00036.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:4238
Third Party Advisory
chromereleases.googleblog.com / 2019/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
Vendor Advisory
crbug.com / 1004212
Permissions Required
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2Z5M4FPUMDNX2LDPHJKN5ZV5GIS2AKNU
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N5CIQCVS6E3ULJCNU7YJXJPO2BLQZDTK
seclists.org / bugtraq/2020/Jan/27
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202003-08
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2020/dsa-4606
Third Party Advisory