CVE-2024-9956 describes an inappropriate implementation in Google Chrome's WebAuthentication on Android, affecting versions prior to 130.0.6723.58. This vulnerability allows a local attacker to achieve privilege escalation through a specially crafted HTML page. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it poses a significant risk, enabling high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts with low attack complexity and user interaction required. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the security community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 130.0.6723.58CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 130.0.6723.58, < 130.0.6723.58CPE 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
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.