Privilege Escalation via Crafted Symbolic Link in Google Chrome Installer

Privilege Escalation via Crafted Symbolic Link in Google Chrome Installer

CVE-2023-2939 · HIGH Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Insufficient data validation in Installer in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 114.0.5735.90 allowed a local attacker to perform privilege escalation via crafted symbolic link. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

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