Google Chrome 38.0.2125.7 PDFium access control

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A vulnerability was found in Google Chrome 38.0.2125.7 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component PDFium. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was published 10/07/2014 by Takeshi Terada (cloudfuzzer) with OUSPG as Stable Channel Update, October 2014 as confirmed release notes (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at googlechromereleases.blogspot.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-3189 since 05/03/2014. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 78104 (FreeBSD : chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (d2bbcc01-4ec3-11e4-ab3f-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 167363 (OpenSuSE Security Update for chromium (openSUSE-SU-2014:1378-1)).

Upgrading to version 38.0.2125.101 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at chrome.google.com. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be patching the affected component. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. The release notes contains the following remark:

This update includes 159 security fixes, including 113 relatively minor fixes found using MemorySanitizer.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (96958) and Tenable (78104). chromium.googlesource.com is providing further details. Similar entries are available at 67774, 67776, 67777 and 67778.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
ATT&CK: T1068

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Status: Unproven

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Nessus ID: 78104
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (d2bbcc01-4ec3-11e4-ab3f-00262d5ed8ee)
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OpenVAS ID: 802470
OpenVAS Name: Google Chrome Multiple Vulnerabilities - 01 Oct14 (Windows)
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Upgrade: Chrome 38.0.2125.101

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Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: Stable Channel Update, October 2014
Researcher: Takeshi Terada (cloudfuzzer)
Organization: OUSPG
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-3189 (🔍)
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X-Force: 96958 - Google Chrome PDFium information disclosure, Medium Risk
SecurityTracker: 1030980 - Google Chrome Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Obtain Information
Vulnerability Center: 46394 - Google Chrome Remote DoS due to Out-of-Bounds Read in PDFium - CVE-2014-3189, High
SecurityFocus: 70273 - Google Chrome Prior to 38.0.2125.101 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

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Created: 10/13/2014 12:15
Updated: 02/21/2022 16:22
Changes: 10/13/2014 12:15 (84), 06/08/2017 09:11 (10), 02/21/2022 16:14 (3), 02/21/2022 16:22 (1)
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