Description
Improper privilege management in FileSystem in Google Chrome prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a remote attacker leveraging social engineering to bypass system access restrictions via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
Published: 2026-08-25
Score: 5.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Privilege Escalation via FileSystem Privilege Management in Chrome chromium-browser: Google Chrome: Privilege management bypass via crafted HTML page
Weaknesses CWE-266
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

threat_severity

Moderate


Wed, 26 Aug 2026 03:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Google
Google chrome
Vendors & Products Google
Google chrome

Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:45:00 +0000

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Title Privilege Escalation via FileSystem Privilege Management in Chrome

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 20:30:00 +0000

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Description Improper privilege management in FileSystem in Google Chrome prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a remote attacker leveraging social engineering to bypass system access restrictions via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
Weaknesses CWE-269
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-25T20:10:34.312Z

Reserved: 2026-08-25T06:12:59.730Z

Link: CVE-2026-79276

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-08-25T21:18:22.200

Modified: 2026-08-26T16:22:24.470

Link: CVE-2026-79276

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-08-25T20:10:34Z

Links: CVE-2026-79276 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-27T02:15:04Z

Weaknesses