CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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4.6 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Google Chrome 0.2.149.27 (Web Browser). Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:
Google Chrome BETA (0.2.149.27) does not prompt the user before saving an executable file, which makes it easier for remote attackers or malware to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) or exploit other vulnerabilities via a URL that references an executable file, possibly related to the "ask where to save each file before downloading" setting.
The weakness was disclosed 09/02/2008 (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-6996 since 08/17/2009. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.
A public exploit has been developed by nerex and been published 21 hours after the advisory. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.
Upgrading to version 0.2.149.27 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at chrome.google.com.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (44904) and Exploit-DB (6355). The entries 49503 and 49500 are pretty similar.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.6
VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.6
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Exploiting
Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔍
Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: nerex
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OpenVAS ID: 900214
OpenVAS Name: Google Chrome multiple vulnerabilities
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Chrome 0.2.149.27
Timeline
09/02/2008 🔍09/03/2008 🔍
09/03/2008 🔍
09/03/2008 🔍
09/20/2008 🔍
08/17/2009 🔍
08/19/2009 🔍
03/18/2015 🔍
11/21/2018 🔍
Sources
Vendor: google.comProduct: google.com
Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-6996 (🔍)
X-Force: 44904 - Google Chrome file download
SecurityFocus: 31000 - Google Chrome Arbitrary File Download Vulnerability
OSVDB: 48261 - Google Chrome Arbitrary Executable File Download
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 03/18/2015 15:15Updated: 11/21/2018 04:49
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (69), 11/21/2018 04:49 (5)
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