chromium-browser: extension verification bypass
Published Oct 27, 2017
3.3
LOWCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.34%
Description
Lack of verification of an extension's locale folder in Google Chrome prior to 59.0.3071.86 for Mac, Windows, and Linux, and 59.0.3071.92 for Android, allowed an attacker with local write access to modify extensions by modifying extension files.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
Configuration 2
- 9.0
Configuration 3
Configuration 4
- 6.0
- 6.0
- 6.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary
chromium-browser-0:59.0.3071.86-1.el6_9
Fixed · RHSA-2017:1399
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary | chromium-browser-0:59.0.3071.86-1.el6_9 | Fixed | RHSA-2017:1399 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Table of values (8 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 0.34% (0.00339) | 24.97th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 0.34% (0.00339) | 27.38th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 41.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 20.32th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.53% (0.00535) | 12.58th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.53% (0.00535) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (10)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98861 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038622 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1399 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5081 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1459034 Issue Tracking
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://crbug.com/672008 x_refsource_MISC
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5081
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-20 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5081
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98861 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038622 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1399 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5081 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1459034 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://crbug.com/672008 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5081 | ||
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-20 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5081 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.