CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2019-5765

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

Published: Feb 19, 2019 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
8.8 IMPORTANT
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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An exposed debugging endpoint in the browser in Google Chrome on Android prior to 72.0.3626.81 allowed a local attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted Intent.

Weakness

The product stores sensitive information in cleartext within a resource that might be accessible to another control sphere.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
ChromeGoogle*72.0.3626.81 (excluding)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryRedHatchromium-browser-0:72.0.3626.81-1.el6_10*
Chromium-browserUbuntubionic*
Chromium-browserUbuntucosmic*
Chromium-browserUbuntudevel*
Chromium-browserUbuntutrusty*
Chromium-browserUbuntuupstream*
Chromium-browserUbuntuxenial*

Potential Mitigations

References