Inappropriate implementation in Chromoting in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 148.0.7778.96 allowed a local attacker to perform OS-level privilege escalation via a malicious file. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
History

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

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Title Local Privilege Escalation via Malicious File in Chrome Chromoting on Windows
Weaknesses CWE-269
CWE-285

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Description Inappropriate implementation in Chromoting in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 148.0.7778.96 allowed a local attacker to perform OS-level privilege escalation via a malicious file. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-06T18:13:05.698Z

Reserved: 2026-05-05T22:59:30.173Z

Link: CVE-2026-7994

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Status : Undergoing Analysis

Published: 2026-05-06T19:16:50.277

Modified: 2026-05-06T19:19:32.317

Link: CVE-2026-7994

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Updated: 2026-05-06T21:00:13Z