CVE-2021-4324
Google Chrome vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2021-4324 is a security vulnerability affecting Google Chrome's update mechanism, specifically related to insufficient policy enforcement in Google Update. The vulnerability was reported by Abdelhamid Naceri (halov) on March 28, 2021 (Chrome Releases).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Medium severity issue that stems from insufficient policy enforcement in the Google Update component. A bounty of $5,000 was awarded for this discovery (Chrome Releases).

Impact

The vulnerability could potentially allow attackers to bypass security policies implemented in Google Update, though specific impact details are limited in public sources (Chrome Releases).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability was addressed in Chrome version 90.0.4430.93 for Windows, Mac and Linux platforms. Users are advised to update to this version or later to mitigate the vulnerability (Chrome Releases).

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