Race in Updater in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a local attacker to perform privilege escalation via a malicious file. (Chromium security severity: Low)
History

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 12:15:00 +0000

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Title Local Privilege Escalation via Race Condition in Chrome Updater on Windows chromium-browser: chromium-browser: Race in Updater
Weaknesses CWE-367
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Low


Sun, 02 Aug 2026 06:15:00 +0000

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Title Local Privilege Escalation via Race Condition in Chrome Updater on Windows

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 12:30:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 30 Jul 2026 07:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Google
Google chrome
Vendors & Products Google
Google chrome

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 01:00:00 +0000

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Description Race in Updater in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a local attacker to perform privilege escalation via a malicious file. (Chromium security severity: Low)
Weaknesses CWE-362
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published: 2026-07-30T00:25:59.797Z

Updated: 2026-07-31T03:55:28.500Z

Reserved: 2026-07-27T23:37:14.787Z

Link: CVE-2026-17993

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-30T12:08:32.727Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-07-30T01:17:03.977

Modified: 2026-07-31T04:17:14.127

Link: CVE-2026-17993

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2026-07-30T00:25:59Z

Links: CVE-2026-17993 - Bugzilla