Privileged Plugin Access Vulnerability in Google Chrome

CVE-2016-5217 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

The extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android incorrectly permitted access to privileged plugins, which allowed a remote attacker to bypass site isolation via a crafted HTML page.

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