CVE-2017-5020

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CVSS 3.0

6.1 medium

EPSS

2%p80

Published

Feb 17, 2017 (Feb 17, 2017)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

Google Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Linux, Windows and Mac, and 56.0.2924.87 for Android, failed to require a user gesture for powerful download operations, which allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page.

Vendors: google
Products: chrome
Weakness: CWE-79
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (2.1%)

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