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| Vulnerability ID | VCID-vtm8-q4hu-3ubh |
| Aliases |
CVE-2024-7979
|
| 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 |
| Reference id | Reference type | URL |
|---|---|---|
| https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-7979 | ||
| https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-7979 | ||
| 356064205 | https://issues.chromium.org/issues/356064205 | |
| CVE-2024-7979 | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7979 | |
| stable-channel-update-for-desktop_21.html | 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
network adjacent_network local physical |
low high |
none low high |
none required |
unchanged changed |
high low none |
high low none |
high low none |
| 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 |
low high |
none low high |
none required |
unchanged changed |
high low none |
high low none |
high low none |
| 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 |
low high |
none low high |
none required |
unchanged changed |
high low none |
high low none |
high low none |
| Percentile | 0.00978 |
| EPSS Score | 0.00011 |
| Published At | Aug. 11, 2025, 12:55 p.m. |
| Date | Actor | Action | Source | VulnerableCode Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-31T09:03:13.033695+00:00 | Vulnrichment | Import | https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2024/7xxx/CVE-2024-7979.json | 37.0.0 |