#GoogleChrome is a popular web browser used by billions of people worldwide and now it is under the risk. These vulnerabilities would allow hackers to exploit and take control of an affected system. An attacker can run commands or code on a Google Chrome OS device without user’s permission.


Billions of users around the world are using the famous web browser Google Chrome. The risk of data threats is ever increasing. A report by Imperva Red has discovered a vulnerability in Google Chrome and Chromium-based browsers that put the data of more than 2.5 billion users at risk.

A vulnerability named CVE-2022-3656 allows the theft of personal information such as cloud provider logins and crypto wallets. According to the blog, the vulnerability was discovered during an assessment of how the browser interacts with the file system, with widespread flaws primarily related to how the browser handles symlinks.

A symbolic link is a type of file that points to another file or directory. The linked file or directory can then be treated by the operating system as if it existed where the symlink is. It claims that a symlink can be helpful for creating shortcuts, changing file paths, or for more flexible file organization.

Imperva Red explains how Google is affecting Chrome by saying that a hacker may have created a false website promoting a new crypto wallet service. Websites can trick a user into creating a new wallet, by asking them to download their “recovery” key.

Imperva Red says that it notified Google of the vulnerability and the issue was fully resolved in Chrome 108. It is advisable for users to always keep their software up to date in order to protect against such vulnerabilities.

With this impact, the website might then deceive the user into creating a new wallet.

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