CVE-2017-5020

MEDIUM

Google Chrome <56.0.2924.76-56.0.2924.87 - RCE

Title source: llm

Description

Google Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Linux, Windows and Mac, and 56.0.2924.87 for Android, failed to require a user gesture for powerful download operations, which allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page.

References (7)

[Issue Tracking] https://crbug.com/668653

[Vendor Advisory] http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0206.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037718

[Release Notes, Vendor Advisory] https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95792

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3776

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-66

Scores

CVSS v3 6.1

EPSS 0.0053

EPSS Percentile 67.0%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Classification

CWE

CWE-79

Status published

Affected Products (2)

google/chrome < 55.0.2883.87

n/a/Google Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Linux, Windows and Mac, and 56.0.2924.87 for Android < Google Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Linux, Windows and Mac, and 56.0.2924.87 for Android

Timeline

Published Feb 17, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026