CVE-2012-5376

CRITICAL

Google Chrome <22.0.1229.94 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The Inter-process Communication (IPC) implementation in Google Chrome before 22.0.1229.94 allows remote attackers to bypass intended sandbox restrictions and write to arbitrary files by leveraging access to a renderer process, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-5112.

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/50954
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=154983
Broken Link vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/86156
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=154987
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79186

Scores

CVSS v3 9.6
EPSS 0.0214
EPSS Percentile 79.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-269
Status published
Products (1)
google/chrome < 22.0.1229.94
Published Oct 11, 2012
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026