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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Title Chrome Chromoting Privilege Escalation on Windows via Malicious File

Thu, 07 May 2026 01:15:00 +0000

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

Wed, 06 May 2026 23:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Microsoft
Microsoft windows
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Microsoft
Microsoft windows

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

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


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

Wed, 06 May 2026 20:30:00 +0000

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

Updated: 2026-05-07T03:56:58.154Z

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

Link: CVE-2026-7994

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-06T21:30:55.441Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

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

Modified: 2026-05-06T23:19:18.893

Link: CVE-2026-7994

cve-icon Redhat

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