Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessCompromise Chrome renderer process
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DeliveryServe crafted HTML page
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ExploitTrick user into fullscreen interaction
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ExecutionBypass FullScreen authorization check
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ImpactEscape system access restrictions
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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 the attacker to have ALREADY compromised the Chrome renderer process (via a separate vulnerability), then to use social engineering to induce the victim to interact with a crafted HTML page/fullscreen prompt in the FullScreen component. Limiting factors: this is a chain component (not standalone), it needs mandatory user interaction (UI:R), high attack complexity (AC:H) due to the pre-required renderer compromise, and affects Chrome versions prior to 155.0.8059.39. It is not exploitable against a default, fully-patched browser without the prerequisite renderer foothold. |
| Impact | This is a genuinely high-CVSS (8.3) issue whose real-world standalone risk is moderate and heavily conditional. The CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H) reports network vector with no privileges, but this directly conflicts with the description, which requires the attacker to have ALREADY compromised the renderer process - a significant prerequisite the PR:N metric does not capture (it is modeled instead via AC:H and UI:R). In practice this is a sandbox-escape-class chain component, not an independently remotely-exploitable flaw. Google's own Chromium rating is Medium, versus NVD-style CVSS 8.3 High, reflecting exactly this gap between theoretical scope/impact and realistic exploitability. The exploitation signals are weak and mutually consistent: EPSS is only 0.22% (12th percentile), there is no CISA KEV listing, and no public exploit was identified in the provided data, so there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis. Given the ubiquity of Chrome, any practical exploit would be impactful, but the requirement for a pre-existing renderer compromise plus social engineering keeps this firmly in the 'patch on normal Chrome cadence' tier rather than emergency-response. Net: not an active-exploitation priority today, but worth prompt patching because Chrome is everywhere and this strengthens full exploit chains. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker who has already exploited a separate bug to compromise Chrome's renderer process lures the victim to a crafted HTML page and uses social engineering to get the user to interact with a fullscreen prompt. Because of the missing authorization check in the FullScreen component, the attacker bypasses system access restrictions and extends impact beyond the browser sandbox. No public proof-of-concept was identified in the provided data. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 08, 2026
System access restriction bypass in Google Chrome versions prior to 155.0.8059.39 allows a remote attacker to break out of the browser's security boundary through the FullScreen component, but only after having already compromised the Chrome renderer process and only with successful social engineering to make the victim interact with a crafted HTML page. Because it is a chain component rather than a standalone bug, exploitation requires a pre-existing renderer foothold plus mandatory user interaction (UI:R) and carries high attack complexity (AC:H), so it is not exploitable against a fully patched default browser on its own. No KEV listing and no publicly available exploit code have been identified at time of analysis, and EPSS is low at 0.22% (12th percentile), consistent with the conditional nature of the flaw despite the 8.3 CVSS base score and a Chromium security severity rating of Medium.
RemediationAI
Update Google Chrome to 155.0.8059.39 or later - the vendor-released patch is available per the Chrome Releases stable channel advisory (https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_086471744.html) - and allow the built-in updater to complete, then relaunch the browser and verify the version at chrome://version; the same fix is tracked in Chromium issue 501896592 (https://issues.chromium.org/issues/501896592). Because this is a post-renderer-compromise escalation in the FullScreen component rather than a standalone entry point, the higher-value compensating controls target the prerequisite foothold: keep Chrome current on a short patch cadence so the initial renderer vulnerability is closed, keep Site Isolation enabled (it constrains cross-site renderer abuse at some memory/performance cost), and restrict renderer-privilege escalation paths on managed fleets. Enterprises can additionally use the FullscreenAllowed and related policy controls to prevent sites from entering fullscreen - note this degrades legitimate video/WebApp experiences and is a usability trade-off, not a substitute for patching - and can pair that with hardened browser configuration, reduced exposure to untrusted HTML, and user awareness training against the social-engineering step this exploit depends on. No vendor workaround short of upgrading restores the missing authorization check itself, and there is no indication of active exploitation (no CISA KEV entry) or public exploit code, so remediation should follow the normal patch-then-harden prioritization rather than emergency containment.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The issue is a missing authorization flaw (CWE-862) in the FullScreen component of Google Chrome, i.e. the browser-side logic that grants and enforces fullscreen permissions and the associated display/window state handling. Chrome's multi-process architecture places untrusted web content in a sandboxed renderer process that brokers privileged operations with the browser process over IPC; a component that fails to re-validate authorization on its own can therefore be abused to obtain a capability the caller should not hold. Here, an attacker who has already achieved renderer code execution through some other vulnerability plus user interaction with a crafted HTML page can abuse the missing check to bypass system access restrictions, which is reflected in the CVSS vector's changed scope (S:C) and high confidentiality, integrity and availability impact (C:H/I:H/A:H) - indicating escape of the browser's normal security boundary rather than impact confined to the renderer. The high attack complexity (AC:H) and required user interaction (UI:R) map to the prerequisite renderer compromise and the social-engineering step, while PR:N simply means no additional Chrome-level authentication is needed once that foothold exists. The affected CPE is the generic Chrome product entry (cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*), so the flaw is not limited to a single platform or channel.
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AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
AC:H and UI:R capture the required prior renderer compromise and user-driven fullscreen interaction; PR:N retained since no account credentials are needed, and S:C with high impacts reflects escape beyond the sandbox.
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CVSS VectorVendor: Chrome
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4DescriptionCVE.org
Missing authorization in FullScreen in Google Chrome prior to 155.0.8059.39 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process and leveraged social engineering to bypass system access restrictions via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
Executive ViewAI
Google Chrome versions prior to 155.0.8059.39 contain a high-severity security boundary bypass in the FullScreen component that could allow an attacker with an existing renderer compromise to escape the browser sandbox and access sensitive system resources. This flaw poses a risk to organizations relying on Chrome for business operations, but exploitation requires social engineering and a pre-existing foothold, limiting its standalone likelihood. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and a vendor patch is available to remediate the issue.
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