CVE-2022-4186 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting Google Chrome versions prior to 108.0.5359.71. It involves insufficient validation of untrusted input in the Downloads feature, allowing an attacker to bypass download restrictions through a crafted HTML page if a user is convinced to install a malicious extension. The attack requires user interaction (installing a malicious extension) and has a low impact on integrity, with no confidentiality or availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage, indicating low current threat.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 108.0.5359.71CPE 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:N/I:L/A:N
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.