CVE-2020-15961 – Insufficient policy validation in extensions in Google Chrome prior to 85

Insufficient policy validation in extensions in Google Chrome prior to 85.0.4183.121 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted Chrome Extension.

 

Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-15961

Reference (s):

• DEBIAN:DSA-4824
• URL: https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4824
• FEDORA:FEDORA-2020-214865ce21
• URL: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YWNBJFBPKYCYSZTS54FHNCRZG6KC2AIJ/
• FEDORA:FEDORA-2020-2d994b986d