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CVE-2023-5477

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-5477 is a low-severity vulnerability in the Google Chrome installer, affecting versions prior to 118.0.5993.70, as well as Debian-based Chrome installations. It allows a local attacker to bypass discretionary access control through a crafted command due to an inappropriate implementation. The CVSS score is 4.3 (Medium), indicating a low impact on integrity and no impact on confidentiality or availability, requiring user interaction for exploitation. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 118.0.5993.70, < 118.0.5993.70CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 118.0.5993.70CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.52%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
40.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0052 is in the 43rd percentile among its peer group of 26,236 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

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based)Fixed in: 118.0.2088.46
googlevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2023-Oct/CVE-2023-5477

Chromium: CVE-2023-5477 Inappropriate implementation in Installer

Oct 10, 2023

References

chromereleases.googleblog.com / 2023/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_10.html
Release NotesVendor Advisory
crbug.com / 1472558
Permissions Required
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202311-11
Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202312-07
Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202401-34
debian.org / security/2023/dsa-5526
Third Party Advisory