CVE-2023-2940 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Inappropriate implementation in Downloads in Google Chrome prior to 114.0.5735.90 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass file access restrictions via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Google	Chrome

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_30.html
https://crbug.com/1426807
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-11
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5418

History

Wed, 12 Mar 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-284
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published: 2023-05-30T21:31:41.284Z

Updated: 2025-03-12T17:57:55.519Z

Reserved: 2023-05-27T19:39:15.182Z

Link: CVE-2023-2940

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T06:41:03.667Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-05-30T22:15:10.527

Modified: 2025-03-12T18:15:25.130

Link: CVE-2023-2940

Redhat

No data.

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