PT-2022-7587
CVE-2022-4186
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Published
2022-10-21
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Updated
2026-07-16
Description by
CVSS 2.0
5.0
MediumMetricsAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Google Chrome versions prior to 108.0.5359.71
Microsoft Edge (affected versions not specified)
Description
The issue is related to insufficient validation of untrusted input in the Downloads component, allowing an attacker to bypass Downloads restrictions. This can be achieved by convincing a user to install a malicious extension via a crafted HTML page. The attacker can exploit this issue to impact data integrity.
Recommendations
For Google Chrome versions prior to 108.0.5359.71, update to version 108.0.5359.71 or later to resolve the issue.
For Microsoft Edge, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploitability
Exploit
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Vendors
Affected products
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