Chrome releases its latest version and the researchers request all
the users to immediately update their versions of the famous browser.
The latest version is 72.0.3626.121 and was released in the
very beginning of March 2019.
All that needs to be done to upgrade the older version is,
type the specific URL chrome://settings/help which
will inform the user what version is currently on.
All these alarm signs are blaring because of a recent
zero-day security vulnerability that has emerged.
CVE-2019-5786 has been identified as the vulnerability and
Google says it’s aware of it and hence is warning off its users.
A vulnerability happens to be a bug which corrupts the
software in a way which reduces security. Whereas, an exploit is just a way of
using the vulnerability to get past the security provisions.
All the vulnerabilities pose a threat to the system even if
it means producing thousands of unwanted messages.
All exploits emerge from vulnerabilities but all
vulnerabilities are not a fruit of exploits.
If made to work the malicious way, vulnerabilities could be
forced to do a lot more than just creating error messages.
Zero-day is a vulnerability that the cyber-cons found a way
to misuse before the researchers could find an appropriate solution for it.
Meaning that a Zero-day is an attack of which even the best
researchers can’t find the solutions.
These attacks are usually found out weeks or even months
later they start functioning on the network.
The bug is trying to be fixed by Google and restrictions are
being retained until the bug exists.
The vulnerability includes a memory mismanagement bug in a
part of Chrome by the name of “FileReader”.
This “FileReader” aids the web developers in springing up
menus and dialogs.
The attacker could take control of a lot when it comes to
this particular bug. It’s not just restricted to reading from files and goes
far as “Remote Code Execution”.
Meaning, any malware could be implanted onto the victim’s
system without any warning, pop-up or dialog.
All that could be done to save your system is keeping
systems up-to-date at all times.
Also, always keep checking for updates and patches to fix vulnerabilities.