CVE-2024-3173 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Google Chrome versions prior to 120.0.6099.62, stemming from insufficient data validation in its Updater component. This flaw allows a remote attacker to achieve OS-level privilege escalation through a malicious file, with a CVSS score of 8.8. The attack requires user interaction (UI:R) but can be executed over the network (AV:N) with low complexity (AC:L), leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 120.0.6099.62CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 120.0.6099.62, < 120.0.6099.62CPE match | 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
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