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Vulnerability details: VCID-6h3t-uy3r-pkc8
Vulnerability ID VCID-6h3t-uy3r-pkc8
Aliases CVE-2024-7980
Summary Insufficient data validation in Installer in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 128.0.6613.84 allowed a local attacker to perform privilege escalation via a crafted symbolic link. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 7.0
Risk 3.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_21.html
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-08-22T14:14:09Z/ Found at https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_21.html
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://issues.chromium.org/issues/356328460
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-08-22T14:14:09Z/ Found at https://issues.chromium.org/issues/356328460
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7980
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.00956
EPSS Score 0.00011
Published At July 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T09:03:05.822404+00:00 Vulnrichment Import https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2024/7xxx/CVE-2024-7980.json 37.0.0