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CVE-2020-6471

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-6471 describes an insufficient policy enforcement vulnerability in Google Chrome prior to version 83.0.4103.61, affecting various distributions like Debian and Fedora. This critical flaw (CVSS 9.6) allowed an attacker to achieve a sandbox escape if a user was tricked into installing a malicious Chrome Extension, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness and potential for future exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 83.0.4103.61CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
31CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
32CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:backports_sle:15.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.6CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
69.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0140 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 834 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.8 Bluesky, 0.5 Mastodon, and 1.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: chromium-browser-0:83.0.4103.97-1.el6_10
View patch
googlevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2020-6471Moderate

chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in developer tools

May 19, 2020

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00034.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00038.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
chromereleases.googleblog.com / 2020/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_19.html
Release NotesVendor Advisory
crbug.com / 1059577
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OQYH5OK7O4BU6E37WWG5SEEHV65BFSGR
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WLFZ5N4EK6I4ZJP5YSKLLVN3ELXEB4XT
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202006-02
Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202101-30
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2020/dsa-4714
Third Party Advisory