A security bypass vulnerability exists in Google Chrome AppBound cookie encryption mechanism due to insufficient validation of COM server paths during inter-process communication. A local low-privileged attacker can hijack the COM class identifier (CLSID) registration used by Chrome's elevation service and point it to a non-existent or malicious binary. When this hijack occurs, Chrome silently falls back to the legacy cookie encryption mechanism (protected only by user-DPAPI), thereby enabling cookie decryption by any user-context malware without SYSTEM-level access. This flaw bypasses the protections intended by the AppBound encryption design and allows cookie theft from Chromium-based browsers.
Confirmed in Google Chrome with AppBound Encryption enabled. Other Chromium-based browsers may be affected if they implement similar COM-based encryption mechanisms.
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Description | A security bypass vulnerability exists in Google Chrome AppBound cookie encryption mechanism due to insufficient validation of COM server paths during inter-process communication. A local low-privileged attacker can hijack the COM class identifier (CLSID) registration used by Chrome's elevation service and point it to a non-existent or malicious binary. When this hijack occurs, Chrome silently falls back to the legacy cookie encryption mechanism (protected only by user-DPAPI), thereby enabling cookie decryption by any user-context malware without SYSTEM-level access. This flaw bypasses the protections intended by the AppBound encryption design and allows cookie theft from Chromium-based browsers. Confirmed in Google Chrome with AppBound Encryption enabled. Other Chromium-based browsers may be affected if they implement similar COM-based encryption mechanisms. | |
Title | Google Chrome AppBound Cookie Encryption Bypass via COM Hijacking | |
Weaknesses | CWE-276 CWE-426 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Published: 2025-07-02T19:25:13.805Z
Updated: 2025-07-03T03:55:39.005Z
Reserved: 2025-04-15T19:15:22.551Z
Link: CVE-2025-34090

Updated: 2025-07-02T19:57:35.790Z

Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2025-07-02T20:15:30.110
Modified: 2025-07-03T15:13:53.147
Link: CVE-2025-34090

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