CVE-2020-16027

MediumCVSS 6.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Insufficient policy enforcement in developer tools in Google Chrome prior to 87.0.4280.66 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to obtain potentially sensitive information from the user's disk via a crafted Chrome Extension.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 6.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-862

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
GoogleChrome>= unspecified, < 87.0.4280.66

References

Timeline

Published
Jan 8, 2021
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2020-16027: Medium severity, CVSS 6.5 | Vulnix