Description
Insufficiently sanitized distributed objects in Updater in Google Chrome on macOS prior to 66.0.3359.117 allowed a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via an executable file.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | unspecified – < 66.0.3359.117 | 66.0.3359.117 |
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Google Software Updater macOS - Unsafe use of Distributed Objects Privilege Escalation EDB-44307 · local · Mar 20, 2018 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- 44307 exploit
- 103468 vdb-entry
- https://crbug.com/822424
- 103917 vdb-entry