VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-16027

CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM

EPSS probability0.96%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2021-01-08

Last modified2026-06-17

CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Description

Insufficient policy enforcement in developer tools in Google Chrome prior to 87.0.4280.66 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to obtain potentially sensitive information from the user's disk via a crafted Chrome Extension.

Weakness classification

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-862

Primary references

chrome-cve-admin@google.com — Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
chrome-cve-admin@google.com — Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory