CVE-2019-5779 describes an insufficient policy validation vulnerability in Google Chrome versions prior to 72.0.3626.81, also affecting Debian, Fedora, and Red Hat distributions. A remote attacker could exploit this by crafting an HTML page to bypass navigation restrictions within the ServiceWorker component. This is a medium-severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.3, requiring user interaction (UI:R) and potentially leading to a loss of confidentiality (C:L). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, and it has received minimal community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 72.0.3626.81CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
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