CVE-2017-15404 json
An ability to process crash dumps under root privileges and inappropriate symlinks handling could lead to a local privilege escalation in C…
published 2019-01-09 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-6857
- cvss
- 7.8
- version 3.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 8%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
An ability to process crash dumps under root privileges and inappropriate symlinks handling could lead to a local privilege escalation in Crash Reporting in Google Chrome on Chrome OS prior to 61.0.3163.113 allowed a local attacker to perform privilege escalation via a crafted HTML page.
Patch / fix
- Google Chrome 61.0.3163.113
Exploit prediction
0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 8% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Affected products
- Google Chrome
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-367 Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
- Technology feeds
References
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2017-15404
- NVD CVE-2017-15404
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