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Experts Detail Chromium Browser Security Flaw Putting Confidential Data at Risk

The Hacker Newsby @TheHackersNews ()2 min read1
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CVE-2022-3656
Insufficient data validation in File System in Google Chrome prior to 107.0.5304.62 allowed a remote attacker to bypass file system restrictions via a crafted…
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 Ravie Lakshmanan  Jan 12, 2023 Browser Security / Data Safety Details have emerged about a now-patched vulnerability in Google Chrome and Chromium-based browsers that, if successfully exploited, could have made it possible to siphon files containing confidential data. "The issue arose from the way the browser interacted with symlinks when processing files and directories," Imperva researcher Ron Masas said .

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