CVE-2024-11117: 
vulnerability analysis and mitigation

A filesystem restriction bypass vulnerability (CVE-2024-11117) was discovered in Google Chrome's FileSystem implementation. The vulnerability affects versions prior to 131.0.6778.69 and was reported by Ameen Basha M K on January 6, 2023. The issue allows remote attackers to bypass filesystem restrictions through a specially crafted HTML page (Chrome Release).

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N. This indicates that the vulnerability can be exploited remotely, requires low attack complexity, needs no privileges, but does require user interaction. The impact is primarily on integrity with low severity (NVD).

The vulnerability could allow attackers to bypass filesystem restrictions, potentially leading to unauthorized access to file system resources. The severity is classified as Low according to Chromium's security assessment (Chrome Release).

Google has addressed this vulnerability in Chrome version 131.0.6778.69 and later. Users are advised to update their Chrome browsers to the latest version to receive the security fix (Chrome Release).