8.8
HIGH
CVE-2024-6778
Google Chrome DevTools Race Injection Vulnerability
Description

Race in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 126.0.6478.182 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to inject scripts or HTML into a privileged page via a crafted Chrome Extension. (Chromium security severity: High)

INFO

Published Date :

July 16, 2024, 10:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 1, 2024, 2 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2024-6778 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-6778 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 Google chrome
1 Microsoft edge_chromium
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-2024-6778.

URL Resource
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
https://issues.chromium.org/issues/341136300

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).

None

Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago
5 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : Oct. 20, 2024, 12:47 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

A POC exploit for CVE-2024-5836 and CVE-2024-6778, allowing for a sandbox escape from a Chrome extension.

HTML JavaScript

Updated: 3 weeks, 2 days ago
32 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : Sept. 10, 2024, 6:27 a.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.

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

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2024-6778 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2024-6778 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 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    Aug. 01, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CWE CISA-ADP CWE-366
    Added CVSS V3.1 CISA-ADP AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Jul. 16, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description Race in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 126.0.6478.182 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to inject scripts or HTML into a privileged page via a crafted Chrome Extension. (Chromium security severity: High)
    Added Reference Chrome https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome https://issues.chromium.org/issues/341136300 [No types assigned]
    Added CWE Chrome CWE-362
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2024-6778 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
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