CVE-2024-7977 describes an insufficient data validation vulnerability in the Google Chrome Installer on Windows, affecting versions prior to 128.0.6613.84. This flaw allows a local attacker to achieve privilege escalation by leveraging a malicious file. Rated as High severity with a CVSS score of 7.8, the vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) but has low attack complexity (AC:L), potentially leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 128.0.6613.84CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 128.0.6613.84, < 128.0.6613.84CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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