Description
Improper privilege management in Downloads in Google Chrome prior to 152.0.7977.75 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to spoof address bar via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
Published: 2026-09-01
Score: 4.2 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Wed, 02 Sep 2026 12:15:00 +0000

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Title Privilege Escalation in Chrome Downloads Allowing Address Bar Spoofing chromium-browser: chromium-browser: Improper privilege management in Downloads
Weaknesses CWE-290
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Low


Wed, 02 Sep 2026 11:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L'}

ssvc

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


Wed, 02 Sep 2026 03:45:00 +0000

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Title Privilege Escalation in Chrome Downloads Allowing Address Bar Spoofing

Wed, 02 Sep 2026 02:45:00 +0000

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

Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000

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Description Improper privilege management in Downloads in Google Chrome prior to 152.0.7977.75 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to spoof address bar via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
Weaknesses CWE-269
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-02T10:05:35.912Z

Reserved: 2026-09-01T16:21:42.564Z

Link: CVE-2026-84358

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-02T10:05:30.332Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-02T00:18:29.737

Modified: 2026-09-02T11:17:25.653

Link: CVE-2026-84358

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2026-09-01T23:42:28Z

Links: CVE-2026-84358 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-02T03:30:06Z

Weaknesses