Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessTrick user into installing malicious app
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ExploitCo-installed app invokes Chrome interface
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ExecutionAbuse incorrect authorization check in Browser
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ImpactRead sensitive information from Chrome
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization logic validation
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires a LOCAL attacker on the same Android device: specifically, a malicious application must be co-installed alongside Google Chrome (versions prior to 155.0.8059.39), and the attacker must successfully use social engineering to get the victim to install or run that app. The flaw lies in an incorrect authorization check in Chrome's Browser component that lets the co-installed app obtain sensitive information it should not be able to access. Limiting factors that reduce real-world risk: no remote/network reachability (AV:L), High attack complexity (AC:H) reflecting the dependence on a non-trivial co-installation and social-engineering precondition, confidentiality-only impact (no integrity or availability loss), and applicability only to Chrome on Android below the fixed build. |
| Impact | This is a genuinely low-to-moderate priority issue despite the CWE-863 (incorrect authorization) classification. The provided CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N, base 5.1, Medium) is internally consistent with the description: a LOCAL attack vector (not remote/network), HIGH attack complexity, and impact limited to confidentiality (C:H, no integrity or availability impact). All exploitation-probability signals point the same direction and reinforce low urgency: SSVC reports Exploitation=none, Automatable=no, and Technical Impact=partial, meaning CISA's framework sees no observed exploitation and no reliable automation path. There is no CISA KEV listing and no EPSS score supplied; no public exploit code is referenced. The strongest mitigating factor is the attack prerequisite chain - a LOCAL attacker must already have a malicious app co-installed on the victim's Android device AND must successfully apply social engineering - which is why AC is High and why this did not warrant a High/Critical rating. Note one tension worth flagging: the description says 'local attacker leveraging social engineering,' which strongly implies some user interaction, yet the input vector sets UI:N; this is a minor modeling choice and does not change the overall low-urgency conclusion. Bottom line: a real but narrow information-disclosure bug, appropriately rated Medium, not a mass-exploitation threat - patch via normal Chrome update cycles rather than emergency response. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker convinces a victim (via social engineering) to install a malicious app alongside Chrome on their Android device. The co-installed app then abuses Chrome's incorrect authorization check to read sensitive information it should not be permitted to access. No public exploit code is identified, and the local vector plus high complexity mean this is an opportunistic, device-local attack rather than a remote mass-exploitation scenario. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 06, 2026
Incorrect authorization in Google Chrome for Android prior to 155.0.8059.39 allows a locally co-installed malicious application to obtain sensitive information from the browser through a social-engineering precondition. Exploitation is confined to the same Android device: a local attacker (the assessed vector requires no privileges, PR:N) must persuade the victim to install or run a hostile app alongside Chrome, and the high attack complexity (AC:H) reflects that non-trivial co-installation and user-interaction dependency; impact is limited to confidentiality, with no integrity or availability loss. There is no public exploit code and no confirmed active exploitation at time of analysis - CISA's SSVC decision framework rates exploitation as none, automatable as no, and technical impact as partial - and Google has released a vendor patch, so this is a low-to-moderate priority defect rather than an urgent one.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: upgrade Google Chrome for Android to 155.0.8059.39 or later, which Google distributed through the stable channel (see https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_086471744.html); on Android this normally arrives automatically via Google Play, and administrators who manage fleets should verify the installed Chrome version through their EMM/MDM console and force an update where builds are pinned or sideloaded. As a compensating control while updates are pending, restrict users from enabling installation of apps from unknown sources, keep Google Play Protect enabled, and deploy an MDM policy that blocks sideloaded or unapproved packages - the trade-off is reduced flexibility for legitimate enterprise or developer sideloading workflows. Because the attack chain depends on social engineering luring the user into installing or running a malicious co-installed app, awareness guidance telling users to install only vetted applications and to treat unsolicited prompts to install apps as suspicious meaningfully lowers exposure; this does not eliminate the authorization flaw itself, so patching remains the only complete fix. Note that CISA's SSVC assessment (Exploitation: none, Automatable: no, Technical Impact: partial) indicates no need for emergency out-of-band response beyond normal patch-cycle prioritization.
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Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The root cause is CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization): Chrome's Browser component on Android performs an authorization check that is insufficiently strict when handling requests or data accessible from a co-installed application on the same device, so a hostile app can reach sensitive information it should not be permitted to read. Because the flaw is an access-control logic error rather than a memory-safety issue, there is no code-execution or data-tampering primitive - the assessed impact is confidentiality-only (C:H/I:N/A:N). The affected artifact is Google Chrome on Android, mapped in the CPE data to cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, with the fixed build identified as 155.0.8059.39; EUVD records the affected range as Chrome below 155.0.8059.39. Android's inter-application model, in which apps can interact through intents, content providers, and shared storage, is the substrate that makes a co-installed attacker app a meaningful threat vector, but that vector requires physical proximity to the device and successful social engineering, which is why attack complexity is assessed High.
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Severity by source
AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Local co-installed app (AV:L) with social-engineering/co-installation preconditions (AC:H) and user action to install the malicious app (UI:R); confidentiality-only disclosure (C:H, I/A:N), no scope change.
Primary rating from Vendor (Chrome).
CVSS VectorVendor: Chrome
Lifecycle Timeline
4DescriptionCVE.org
Incorrect authorization in Browser in Google Chrome on on Android prior to 155.0.8059.39 allowed a local attacker leveraging social engineering to obtain sensitive information via a co-installed app. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
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Attack Technique
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