CVE-2023-7261

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

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Description

Inappropriate implementation in Google Updator prior to 1.3.36.351 in Google Chrome allowed a local attacker to perform privilege escalation via a malicious file. (Chromium security severity: High)

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

Mitigation details

Source: Debian Security Tracker · View original ↗ · DFSG

CVE-2023-7261 NameCVE-2023-7261 DescriptionInappropriate implementation in Google Updator prior to 1.3.36.351 in Google Chrome allowed a local attacker to perform privilege escalation via a malicious file. (Chromium security severity: High) SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search,…

CVE-2023-7261

Name	CVE-2023-7261
Description	Inappropriate implementation in Google Updator prior to 1.3.36.351 in Google Chrome allowed a local attacker to perform privilege escalation via a malicious file. (Chromium security severity: High)
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
chromium (PTS)	bullseye (security), bullseye	120.0.6099.224-1~deb11u1	fixed
	bookworm	147.0.7727.137-1~deb12u1	fixed
	bookworm (security)	148.0.7778.215-1~deb12u1	fixed
	trixie	147.0.7727.137-1~deb13u1	fixed
	trixie (security)	148.0.7778.215-1~deb13u1	fixed
	forky	148.0.7778.178-1	fixed
	sid	148.0.7778.215-2	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
chromium	source	(unstable)	(not affected)

Notes

- chromium <not-affected> (Only affects update of Google Chrome)

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Notes

- chromium <not-affected> (Only affects update of Google Chrome)

OS impact

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`0`
sid	Fixed	`0`
forky	Fixed	`0`
bullseye	Fixed	`0`
bookworm	Fixed	`0`

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-7261

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.