CVE-2017-5020 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2017-5020 PUBLISHED

Google Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Linux, Windows and Mac, and 56.0.2924.87 for Android, failed to require a user gesture for powerful download operations, which allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page.

EPSS 0.53% · 67.1th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.53%

67.1th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	chromium-browser	0, 45.0.2454.101-0ubuntu1.1201, 47.0.2526.73-0ubuntu1.1218
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	chromium-browser	43.0.2357.81-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1089, 43.0.2357.130-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1092, 44.0.2403.89-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1095

Timeline

Feb 17, 2017 CVE Published
Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
Jun 22, 2021 EPSS Score
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Dec 25, 2021 EPSS Score
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Dec 29, 2022 EPSS Score
Jan 2, 2023 EPSS Score

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5020 third-party-advisory
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html third-party-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5020 third-party-advisory

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