CVE-2023-7261 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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)

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Google	Chrome Omaha Updater

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:google:updater:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://issues.chromium.org/issues/40064602

History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00012}`	epss `{'score': 0.00051}`

Fri, 14 Mar 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-233

Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Google chrome Google updater
Weaknesses		NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:-:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:google:updater::::::::
Vendors & Products		Google chrome Google updater

Fri, 25 Oct 2024 20:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses	CWE-233

Fri, 04 Oct 2024 16:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Google Google omaha
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:google:omaha::::::::
Vendors & Products		Google Google omaha
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published: 2024-06-07T20:09:06.392Z

Updated: 2025-03-14T19:21:19.509Z

Reserved: 2024-05-20T23:49:35.280Z

Link: CVE-2023-7261

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T08:57:35.084Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-06-07T20:15:10.887

Modified: 2025-03-14T20:15:12.477

Link: CVE-2023-7261

Redhat

No data.

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