Google Chrome prior 69.0.3497.81 Autofill HTML Page information disclosure

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Google Chrome (Web Browser). This affects some unknown functionality of the component Autofill. The manipulation as part of a HTML Page leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Unsafe handling of credit card details in Autofill in Google Chrome prior to 69.0.3497.81 allowed a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted HTML page.

The bug was discovered 09/04/2018. The weakness was published 01/09/2019 by Natalie Silvanovich with Google Project Zero (Website). The advisory is shared at chromereleases.googleblog.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-16078 since 08/29/2018. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 117333 (Google Chrome < 69.0.3497.81 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 171561 (OpenSUSE Security Update for chromium (openSUSE-SU-2018:2664-1)).

Upgrading to version 69.0.3497.81 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 (117333) and SecurityFocus (BID 105215†). Similar entries are available at VDB-123326, VDB-128858, VDB-128859 and VDB-128860.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 117333
Nessus Name: Google Chrome < 69.0.3497.81 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Chrome 69.0.3497.81

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: RHSA-2018:2666
Researcher: Natalie Silvanovich
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-16078 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 105215 - Google Chrome Prior to 69.0.3497.81 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

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Entryinfo

Created: 01/10/2019 11:17 AM
Updated: 06/23/2023 01:53 PM
Changes: 01/10/2019 11:17 AM (76), 04/27/2020 02:12 PM (6), 06/23/2023 01:53 PM (4)
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Cache ID: 18:C0F:40

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