Description
Google Chrome before 50.0.2661.102 on Android mishandles / (slash) and \ (backslash) characters, which allows attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks via a file: URL, related to net/base/escape.cc and net/base/filename_util.cc.
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/message/raw?msg=chromium-reviews/UkMGbbnTDW8/A4g-6YkfBAAJ
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90584
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035872
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://crbug.com/586657
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/05/stable-channel-update.html
Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://codereview.chromium.org/1704163003/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-02
Scores
CVSS v3
8.1
EPSS
0.0156
EPSS Percentile
72.3%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-22
Status
published
Products (1)
google/chrome
< 50.0.2661.87
Published
May 14, 2016
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026