6.5
MEDIUM CVSS 3.1
CVE-2021-21212
Google Chrome on ChromeOS WiFi Connection Security Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Description

Incorrect security UI in Network Config UI in Google Chrome on ChromeOS prior to 90.0.4430.72 allowed a remote attacker to potentially compromise WiFi connection security via a malicious WAP.

INFO

Published Date :

April 26, 2021, 5:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 5:47 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-21212 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Google chrome
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM [email protected]
Solution
The Google Chrome and Chromium installations are vulnerable to a security bypass; upgrading to a patched version resolves this issue.
  • Upgrade to Google Chrome version 90.0.4430.72 or later.
  • Upgrade the Chromium packages.
  • Update the affected package.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2021-21212.

URL Resource
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_14.html Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://crbug.com/1145024 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EAJ42L4JFPBJATCZ7MOZQTUDGV4OEHHG/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U3GZ42MYPGD35V652ZPVPYYS7A7LVXVY/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VUZBGKGVZADNA3I24NVG7HAYYUTOSN5A/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-08 Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4906 Third Party Advisory
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_14.html Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://crbug.com/1145024 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EAJ42L4JFPBJATCZ7MOZQTUDGV4OEHHG/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U3GZ42MYPGD35V652ZPVPYYS7A7LVXVY/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VUZBGKGVZADNA3I24NVG7HAYYUTOSN5A/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-08 Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4906 Third Party Advisory
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-21212 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2021-21212 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2021-21212 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-21212 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_14.html
    Added Reference https://crbug.com/1145024
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EAJ42L4JFPBJATCZ7MOZQTUDGV4OEHHG/
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U3GZ42MYPGD35V652ZPVPYYS7A7LVXVY/
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VUZBGKGVZADNA3I24NVG7HAYYUTOSN5A/
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-08
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4906
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Chrome https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VUZBGKGVZADNA3I24NVG7HAYYUTOSN5A/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EAJ42L4JFPBJATCZ7MOZQTUDGV4OEHHG/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U3GZ42MYPGD35V652ZPVPYYS7A7LVXVY/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference Chrome https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/VUZBGKGVZADNA3I24NVG7HAYYUTOSN5A/
    Removed Reference Chrome https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/EAJ42L4JFPBJATCZ7MOZQTUDGV4OEHHG/
    Removed Reference Chrome https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/U3GZ42MYPGD35V652ZPVPYYS7A7LVXVY/
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 01, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/EAJ42L4JFPBJATCZ7MOZQTUDGV4OEHHG/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/EAJ42L4JFPBJATCZ7MOZQTUDGV4OEHHG/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/U3GZ42MYPGD35V652ZPVPYYS7A7LVXVY/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/U3GZ42MYPGD35V652ZPVPYYS7A7LVXVY/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/VUZBGKGVZADNA3I24NVG7HAYYUTOSN5A/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/VUZBGKGVZADNA3I24NVG7HAYYUTOSN5A/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-08 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-08 Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/U3GZ42MYPGD35V652ZPVPYYS7A7LVXVY/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 12, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/VUZBGKGVZADNA3I24NVG7HAYYUTOSN5A/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/EAJ42L4JFPBJATCZ7MOZQTUDGV4OEHHG/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 01, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-08 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 30, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4906 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4906 Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 29, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4906 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 27, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_14.html No Types Assigned https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_14.html Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://crbug.com/1145024 No Types Assigned https://crbug.com/1145024 Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST NVD-CWE-noinfo
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 90.0.4430.72
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 6.5
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 4.3
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.86 }} -0.00%

score

0.74122

percentile