Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessCompromise renderer via separate bug
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DeliveryDeliver crafted PDF to renderer
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ExploitTrigger missing authorization in Storage
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ExecutionBypass site isolation boundary
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ImpactRead cross-site sensitive data
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization checks on every request
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 that the attacker has ALREADY compromised the Chrome renderer process (a prior separate vulnerability), then supplies a crafted PDF file that is handled by the Storage component to bypass site isolation. This is a defense-in-depth boundary bypass rather than an initial-access vector: the mandatory pre-compromised-renderer prerequisite, the crafted-PDF requirement, and the UI:R interaction element (per the CVSS vector) all sharply limit realistic standalone exploitation. Affected only prior to Chrome 153.0.8010.52; updating to the Stable channel build removes the flaw. |
| Impact | Low real-world priority despite affecting a ubiquitous product. The vendor CVSS3.1 base score is 3.1 (AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N), and this is a defense-in-depth / post-exploitation weakness, not an initial-access bug: the description explicitly requires an attacker who 'had compromised the renderer process' before this flaw can be leveraged to bypass site isolation via a crafted PDF. That precondition is the dominant risk-limiter and is consistent with AC:H. No EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no public exploit code were provided, so exploitation status is 'no public exploit identified at time of analysis'; a Medium Chromium severity rating aligns with the low CVSS. Note a signal to verify: the CVSS vector is PR:N (unauthenticated) even though the description implies the attacker must already control a renderer - this reflects Chromium's convention of modeling a compromised renderer as a precondition rather than a privilege, so 'unauthenticated' here should not be read as 'trivially remote.' Impact is confidentiality-only (C:L, cross-site data disclosure), with no integrity or availability effect. Overall this is a high-prevalence-but-low-real-risk issue: valuable as a sandbox-hardening fix and useful as a chain link, but not an urgent standalone emergency. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker first exploits a separate renderer RCE bug (e.g., a V8 or PDFium flaw) to gain code execution inside a Chrome renderer, then uses a crafted PDF processed through the Storage component to defeat site isolation and read data belonging to a different origin. No public exploit code was identified for this specific issue, and it is only meaningful as the second stage of a larger exploit chain rather than a standalone attack. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Sep 18, 2026
Google Chrome builds prior to 153.0.8010.52 contain a missing-authorization flaw (CWE-862) in the Storage component that lets a crafted PDF file bypass Chrome's site isolation boundary. The practical impact is narrow: an attacker must already have compromised the Chrome renderer process through a separate, independent vulnerability before this flaw can be leveraged, making it a defense-in-depth boundary bypass rather than a standalone initial-access vector. Per the CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N, base 3.1) the attack is remote and unauthenticated but requires user interaction and yields only low-confidentiality impact; no public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, and there is no confirmed active exploitation (CISA KEV). Google has released a patched build, and ENISA EUVD tracks the issue as EUVD-2026-82488. Overall this is a low real-world priority despite affecting a ubiquitous product.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: upgrade Google Chrome to 153.0.8010.52 or later - use the built-in updater (chrome://settings/help) or redeploy the current Stable channel package, and confirm the reported version string after restart since Chrome applies updates on relaunch. Enterprises should prioritize this update as routine patch-cycle maintenance rather than emergency response given the low base score and the pre-compromised-renderer prerequisite, but should still close the gap quickly on hosts where users browse untrusted content, because this flaw only matters in a multi-stage attack chain where an attacker already holds a renderer exploit. There is no meaningful standalone workaround, since the underlying weakness is an in-product authorization check rather than an exposed service: you can reduce the attack surface for the PDF delivery vector by setting Chrome to download PDFs instead of opening them in the built-in viewer (chrome://settings/content/pdfDocuments), but this degrades user experience and does not address the renderer-boundary flaw itself. Keep site isolation enabled (do not disable it for performance), since it remains the control this bug defeats, and treat any unexplained renderer compromise as a signal that this bypass may have been used. Advisory links for change tracking: https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0194356994.html and https://issues.chromium.org/issues/540051167.
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Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
Chrome's site isolation architecture assigns each web origin to a separate renderer process so that one compromised or malicious renderer cannot read data belonging to another site, which is the core mitigation against renderer-side attacks and speculative-execution side channels. The Storage component manages origin-scoped browser state such as local storage and related site data. CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) here means a privileged storage operation reachable from a renderer was not gated by an adequate authorization/permission check; the Chromium team classifies this specifically as a site isolation bypass reachable through a crafted PDF handled by the browser's PDF viewer. Because the flaw lives behind the renderer boundary rather than in a network-facing parser, it cannot be reached directly from the internet: the independent assessment confirms the attacker must first already control a Chrome renderer (via a prior, separate bug) and then deliver a malicious PDF, with the CVSS vector's UI:R reflecting that a victim must open the crafted document. The Chromium security severity is rated Medium, and the 3.1 base score is driven down by AC:H (the pre-compromised-renderer prerequisite) and the limited C:L/N:A metrics - no integrity or availability impact is assessed. Affected code is identified by vendor advisory and issue references rather than by CPE strings, which were not included in the supplied feed data.
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AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Requires a pre-compromised renderer plus a crafted PDF (AC:H); Chromium models the renderer precondition as PR:N with UI:R; impact is cross-origin data read only (C:L, I:N, A:N).
Primary rating from Vendor (google).
CVSS VectorVendor: google
Lifecycle Timeline
4DescriptionCVE.org
Missing authorization in Storage in Google Chrome prior to 153.0.8010.52 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to bypass site isolation via a crafted PDF file. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
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EUVD-2026-82488
GHSA-6ccj-rr2j-jjg4
NVD
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