Google Chrome 40.0.2214.89/40.0.2214.93 privileges management

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A vulnerability has been found in Google Chrome 40.0.2214.89/40.0.2214.93 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.111 on Windows, OS X, and Linux and before 40.0.2214.109 on Android allow attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have other impact via unknown vectors.

The weakness was released 02/05/2015 by Maksymillian Motyl with Google as Stable Channel Update, February 2015 as confirmed release notes (Website). The advisory is shared at googlechromereleases.blogspot.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-1212 since 01/21/2015. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/08/2022). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 81870 (openSUSE Security Update : chromium (openSUSE-2015-228)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 195998 (Ubuntu Security Notification for Oxide-qt Vulnerabilities (USN-2495-1)).

Upgrading to version 40.0.2214.111 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at chrome.google.com. A possible mitigation has been published 4 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability. The release notes contains the following remark:

This update includes 11 security fixes. Below, we highlight fixes that were contributed by external researchers.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (100718), Tenable (81870), SecurityFocus (BID 72497†), Secunia (SA62670†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1031709†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-69058, VDB-69059 and VDB-69060. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 81870
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : chromium (openSUSE-2015-228)
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OpenVAS ID: 803118
OpenVAS Name: Google Chrome Multiple Vulnerabilities-01 Feb15 (Windows)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Chrome 40.0.2214.111

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: Stable Channel Update, February 2015
Researcher: Maksymillian Motyl
Organization: Google
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-1212 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-1212
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-69061
X-Force: 100718 - Google Chrome internal audits unspecified, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 72497 - Google Chrome Prior to 40.0.2214.109 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 62670 - Google Chrome Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
SecurityTracker: 1031709 - Google Chrome Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Bypass Same-Origin Restrictions
Vulnerability Center: 48468 - Google Chrome <41.0.2272.76 Remote DoS or Other Impact - CVE-2015-1212, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 02/06/2015 11:26 AM
Updated: 03/08/2022 06:01 PM
Changes: 02/06/2015 11:26 AM (84), 06/19/2017 08:29 AM (12), 03/08/2022 06:01 PM (3)
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