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CVE-2019-5774
HIGH · CVSS 8.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2019-02-19T17:29:01.707 · Last modified 2026-06-17T02:38:10.853

Summary

Omission of the .desktop filetype from the Safe Browsing checklist in SafeBrowsing in Google Chrome on Linux prior to 72.0.3626.81 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to download a .desktop file to execute arbitrary code via a downloaded .desktop file.

Affected products

google — chrome

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References

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