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CVE-2011-2169

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2011-05-24 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Google Chrome OS before R12 0.12.433.38 Beta allows local users to gain privileges by creating a /var/lib/chromeos-aliases.conf file and placing commands in it.

Affected products

• Google ChromeOS: through 0.12.433.35; 0.9.126.0, 0.10.142.3, 0.10.146.1, 0.10.156.1, 0.10.156.4, 0.10.156.18 (+24)

References

• http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/05/chrome-os-beta-channel-update_16.html
• http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/05/chrome-os-beta-channel-update_16.html

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