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Vulnerability details: VCID-pp8j-8mnu-kqay
Vulnerability ID VCID-pp8j-8mnu-kqay
Aliases CVE-2023-5479
Summary Inappropriate implementation in Extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 118.0.5993.70 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass an enterprise policy via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 5.9
Risk 3.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-5479
https://crbug.com/1471253
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5218
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5473
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5474
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5475
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5476
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5477
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5478
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5479
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5481
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5483
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5484
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5485
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5486
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5487
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2023-5479 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5479
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5479
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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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.07829
EPSS Score 0.00033
Published At July 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T10:43:01.986197+00:00 NVD Importer Import https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5479 37.0.0