Google Chrome prior 8.0.552.209 cross site scripting

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A vulnerability has been found in Google Chrome (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Google Chrome before 15.0.874.102 does not prevent redirects to chrome: URLs, which has unspecified impact and remote attack vectors.

The weakness was published 10/25/2011 by Sergey Glazunov (Inferno) with Chromium Development Community (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at oval.mitre.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2011-3879 since 10/01/2011. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 51069 (FreeBSD : chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (6887828f-0229-11e0-b84d-00262d5ed8ee)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 119708 (Google Chrome Prior to 15.0.874.102 Multiple Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading to version 8.0.552.209 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at chrome.google.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (70957), Tenable (51069), SecurityFocus (BID 50360†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-41026†).

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 51069
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (6887828f-0229-11e0-b84d-00262d5ed8ee)
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OpenVAS ID: 68696
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: chromium
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Chrome 8.0.552.209

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12/08/2010 🔍
10/01/2011 +297 days 🔍
10/25/2011 +24 days 🔍
10/25/2011 +0 days 🔍
10/25/2011 +0 days 🔍
08/13/2013 +658 days 🔍
03/23/2015 +587 days 🔍
11/24/2021 +2438 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: oval.mitre.org
Researcher: Sergey Glazunov (Inferno)
Organization: Chromium Development Community
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-3879 (🔍)
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X-Force: 70957
SecurityFocus: 50360 - Google Chrome Prior to 15.0.874.102 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Center: 41026 - Google Chrome Before 15.0.874.102 Remote Avoid Redirect to Chrome Scheme URIs, High

Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 04:50 PM
Updated: 11/24/2021 05:10 PM
Changes: 03/23/2015 04:50 PM (68), 05/08/2017 09:16 AM (8), 11/24/2021 05:10 PM (3)
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Cache ID: 35:E94:40

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