CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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6.9 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Google Chrome 50 (Web Browser). Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component Loader. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The weakness was disclosed 05/11/2016 by Mariusz Mlynski as Stable Channel Update, May 2016 as confirmed release notes (Blogspot). The advisory is available at googlechromereleases.blogspot.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-1670 since 01/12/2016. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/19/2022). 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 91157 (RHEL 6 : chromium-browser (RHSA-2016:1080)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 236013 (Red Hat Update for chromium-browser (RHSA-2016:1080)).
Upgrading to version 50.0.2661.102 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at chrome.google.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (91157). The entries 87298, 87299, 87300 and 87301 are pretty similar.
Product
Type
Vendor
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.1VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.9
VulDB Base Score: 8.8
VulDB Temp Score: 8.4
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NVD Base Score: 5.3
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Exploiting
Class: Race conditionCWE: CWE-362
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 91157
Nessus Name: RHEL 6 : chromium-browser (RHSA-2016:1080)
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OpenVAS ID: 102036
OpenVAS Name: Google Chrome Security Updates(stable-channel-update-2016-05)-Windows
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Chrome 50.0.2661.102
Timeline
01/12/2016 🔍05/11/2016 🔍
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05/12/2016 🔍
05/14/2016 🔍
05/16/2016 🔍
08/19/2022 🔍
Sources
Vendor: google.comProduct: google.com
Advisory: Stable Channel Update, May 2016
Researcher: Mariusz Mlynski
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-1670 (🔍)
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SecurityTracker: 1035872
SecurityFocus: 90584 - Google Chrome Prior to 50.0.2661.102 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
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Entry
Created: 05/12/2016 17:59Updated: 08/19/2022 09:38
Changes: 05/12/2016 17:59 (72), 11/24/2018 12:23 (13), 08/19/2022 09:38 (4)
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