Description
Google Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Windows insufficiently sanitized DevTools URLs, which allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to read filesystem contents via a crafted HTML page.
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95792
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-66
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0206.html
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://crbug.com/662859
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037718
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3776
Scores
CVSS v3
6.5
EPSS
0.0149
EPSS Percentile
71.1%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-200
Status
published
Products (2)
google/chrome
< 55.0.2883.87
n/a/Google Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Windows
Google Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Windows
Published
Feb 17, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026