CVE-2022-0799 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Google Chrome on Windows, specifically versions prior to 99.0.4844.51. It stems from insufficient policy enforcement in the installer, allowing a remote attacker to achieve local privilege escalation through a specially crafted offline installer file. With a CVSS score of 8.8, this vulnerability presents a significant risk, as it can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability if exploited. While there is no evidence of active exploitation (not in KEV) and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 99.0.4844.51CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.