7.8

CVE-2020-6477: fedoraproject fedora Link Following

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2020-6477
Published 21-05-2020Last modified 04-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-6477 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Link Following vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 14.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.24%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 4
OPENSUSE-SU-2020:0823-1OPENSUSE-SU-2020:0832-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10681-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1

Timeline

  1. 21-05-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Inappropriate implementation in installer in Google Chrome on OS X prior to 83.0.4103.61 allowed a local attacker to perform privilege escalation via a crafted file.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.24%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

14%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.24% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.24%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Opensuse2 products
Fedoraproject1 product
Google1 product
  • chrome≥ unspecified, < 83.0.4103.61 | < 83.0.4103.61
Ubuntu1 product
  • chromium-browser< 84.0.4147.105-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 | < 83.0.4103.61-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

4 vendors · 5 products

References

9 links