CVE-2020-6441
Google Chrome vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2020-6441 is a security vulnerability discovered in Google Chrome prior to version 81.0.4044.92. The vulnerability stems from insufficient policy enforcement in the omnibox feature, which could allow a remote attacker to bypass security UI through a crafted HTML page. This vulnerability was reported by David Erceg on May 4, 2019 (Chrome Release).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified with a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 4.3 (Medium), with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N. This indicates that the vulnerability is network-accessible, requires low attack complexity, needs no privileges, but does require user interaction. The scope is unchanged, with no impact on confidentiality, low impact on integrity, and no impact on availability (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability allows an attacker to bypass security user interface elements through a specially crafted HTML page. This could potentially lead to user interface spoofing or security feature bypass, though the impact is considered low as it requires user interaction and only affects interface integrity (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability was fixed in Google Chrome version 81.0.4044.92. Users and administrators should upgrade to this version or later to mitigate the risk. The fix has been incorporated into various Linux distributions including Debian, Fedora, and Ubuntu through their respective security updates (Debian Advisory, Fedora Update).

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