CVE-2020-6574
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 21, 2020 at 07:06 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:23 AM UTC
5 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxChromeFedora· also runs on 1 platform
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
Insufficient policy enforcement in installer in Google Chrome on OS X prior to 85.0.4183.102 allowed a local attacker to potentially achieve privilege escalation via a crafted binary.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%v < 85.0.4183.102
Affected range stops below 85.0.4183.102, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
apple-macos (environment)
Leap· openSUSEdrupal
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00072.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00078.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00081.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00049.html
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
References (9)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00072.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00078.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00081.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00049.htmlx_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.htmlx_refsource_MISCPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://crbug.com/1102196Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FN7HZIGAOCZKBT4LV363BCPRA5FLY25I/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GNIYFJST4TFJYFZ27VODBOINCLBGULTD/CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
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StatusMODIFIED
CWE
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