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CVE-2017-5020
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.1
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-02-17T07:59:00.653 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:19:45.473

Summary

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.

Affected products

google — chrome

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References

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