CVE-2021-21117

CVSS V2 Medium 6.9 CVSS V3 High 7.8

Description

Insufficient policy enforcement in Cryptohome in Google Chrome prior to 88.0.4324.96 allowed a local attacker to perform OS-level privilege escalation via a crafted file.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2021-21117

Assigner
chrome-cve-admin@google.com

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2021-02-09T14:15:15

Last Modified Date
2022-07-12T17:42:04

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-362	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/362.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome::::::::	1	OR		88.0.4324.96

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector
LOCAL

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE

Integrity Impact
COMPLETE

Availability Impact
COMPLETE

Base Score
6.9

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
3.4

Impact Score
10

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
REQUIRED

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
7.8

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
1.8

Impact Score
5.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://crbug.com/1137179	Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_19.html	Release Notes Vendor Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21117
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-21117

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 07:23:35				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 21:38:27	2021-02-09T14:15Z	2021-02-09T14:15:15	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-05 21:38:27		2022-07-12T17:42:04	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-05 21:38:27		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated