Google Chrome 38.0.2125.7 Address Bar input validation

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A vulnerability was found in Google Chrome 38.0.2125.7 (Web Browser). It has been classified as critical. This affects some unknown processing of the component Address Bar. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Google Chrome before 38.0.2125.101 allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar by placing a blob: substring at the beginning of the URL, followed by the original URI scheme and a long username string.

The weakness was published 11/18/2014 by Eli Grey as Stable Channel Update, November 2014 as confirmed release notes (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at googlechromereleases.blogspot.ch. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2014-7899 since 10/06/2014. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/25/2022). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 79426 (RHEL 6 : chromium-browser (RHSA-2014:1894)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 167318 (OpenSuSE Security Update for chromium (openSUSE-SU-2014:1626-1)).

Upgrading to version 39.0.2171.65 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at chrome.google.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (98787) and Tenable (79426). Similar entries are available at 68236, 68237, 68238 and 68242.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Status: Unproven

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Nessus ID: 79426
Nessus Name: RHEL 6 : chromium-browser (RHSA-2014:1894)
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OpenVAS ID: 802490
OpenVAS Name: Google Chrome Multiple Vulnerabilities - 01 November14 (Windows)
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Upgrade: Chrome 39.0.2171.65

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: Stable Channel Update, November 2014
Researcher: Eli Grey
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-7899 (🔍)
X-Force: 98787 - Google Chrome address bar spoofing, Medium Risk
SecurityTracker: 1031241 - Google Chrome Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Obtain Information
Vulnerability Center: 47173 - Google Chrome Prior to 39.0.2171.65 Remote Address Bar Spoofing Vulnerability - CVE-2014-7899, Medium
SecurityFocus: 71160 - Google Chrome CVE-2014-7899 Unspecified Address Bar Spoofing Vulnerability
Secunia: 60194 - Red Hat update for chromium-browser, Highly Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 11/19/2014 11:13
Updated: 02/25/2022 02:54
Changes: 11/19/2014 11:13 (87), 06/12/2017 08:31 (4), 02/25/2022 02:54 (3)
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