CVE-2023-2939 — Insufficient data validation in Installer in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 1

Insufficient data validation in Installer in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 114.0.5735.90 allowed a local attacker to perform privilege escalation via crafted symbolic link. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

01What is this vulnerability?

Insufficient data validation in Installer in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 114.0.5735.90 allowed a local attacker to perform privilege escalation via crafted symbolic link. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Google	Chrome	114.0.5735.90

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-05-30T21:31:41.044Z
• Last modified: 2025-05-05T15:58:30.274Z

09References

• chromereleases.googleblog.com — https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_…
• crbug.com — https://crbug.com/1427431
• www.debian.org — https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5418
• security.gentoo.org — https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-11
• security.gentoo.org — https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34