CVE-2011-2169: Google Chrome OS

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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 Chrome OS: up to and including 0.12.433.35; version 0.9.126.0 only; version 0.10.142.3 only; version 0.10.146.1 only; version 0.10.156.1 only; version 0.10.156.4 only; …

Published 2011-05-24. Last modified 2026-06-16.