Google Chrome prior 62.0.3202.62 Extension Domain Name input validation

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A vulnerability was found in Google Chrome (Web Browser). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the component Extension. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability (Domain Name). The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Insufficient Policy Enforcement in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 62.0.3202.62 allowed a remote attacker to perform domain spoofing in permission dialogs via IDN homographs in a crafted Chrome Extension.

The bug was discovered 10/17/2017. The weakness was presented 02/07/2018 by Kushal Arvind Shah (xisigr) with Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2017-15394 since 10/17/2017. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 02/06/2023). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 4 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 104063 (FreeBSD : chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (a692bffe-b6ad-11e7-a1c2-e8e0b747a45a)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 170543 (OpenSUSE Security Update for chromium (openSUSE-SU-2017:2902-1)).

Upgrading to version 62.0.3202.62 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (104063) and SecurityFocus (BID 101482†). See VDB-112940, VDB-112941, VDB-112942 and VDB-112943 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.2

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Name: Domain Name
Class: Input validation / Domain Name
CWE: CWE-20
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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 104063
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (a692bffe-b6ad-11e7-a1c2-e8e0b747a45a)
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OpenVAS ID: 800562
OpenVAS Name: Google Chrome Security Updates(stable-channel-update-for-desktop-2017-10)-Windows
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Chrome 62.0.3202.62

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10/21/2017 +3 days 🔍
10/23/2017 +2 days 🔍
02/07/2018 +107 days 🔍
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02/08/2018 +1 days 🔍
02/06/2023 +1824 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: RHSA-2017:2997⛔
Researcher: Kushal Arvind Shah (xisigr)
Organization: Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2017-15394 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-15394
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-112948

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SecurityFocus: 101482 - Google Chrome Prior to 62.0.3202.62 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

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Entryinfo

Created: 02/08/2018 06:59 AM
Updated: 02/06/2023 07:36 AM
Changes: 02/08/2018 06:59 AM (77), 01/02/2020 03:26 PM (7), 02/06/2023 07:36 AM (4)
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