CVE-2022-0803
vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2022-0803 is a security vulnerability discovered in Google Chrome's Permissions implementation prior to version 99.0.4844.51. The vulnerability was reported by Abdulla Aldoseri on December 15, 2021, and was officially patched in March 2022. This vulnerability affected Google Chrome installations across Windows, Mac, and Linux operating systems (Chrome Release).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Medium severity issue with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM). The CVSS vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N, indicating that it is network accessible, requires low attack complexity, needs no privileges, but does require user interaction. The vulnerability specifically allowed a remote attacker to tamper with the contents of the Omnibox (URL bar) via a crafted HTML page (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to manipulate the contents of the browser's URL bar (Omnibox) through a specially crafted HTML page. This could potentially lead to effective phishing attacks by allowing attackers to display misleading or malicious URLs to users (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Google addressed this vulnerability in Chrome version 99.0.4844.51. Users and administrators should ensure their Chrome installations are updated to this version or later. The fix was part of a larger security update that addressed multiple vulnerabilities (Chrome Release).

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