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CVE-2021-4324

Status: ModifiedMedium (6.5)—

Insufficient policy enforcement in Google Update in Google Chrome prior to 90.0.4430.93 allowed a remote attacker to read arbitrary files via a malicious file. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Google — Chrome

CWEs

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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