Google Chrome up to 51 privileges management

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A vulnerability was found in Google Chrome up to 51 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.103 allow attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have other impact via unknown vectors.

The weakness was published 07/03/2016 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at crbug.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-1704 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. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 08/26/2022). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 91724 (RHEL 6 : chromium-browser (RHSA-2016:1262)), 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 168931 (OpenSuSE Security Update for Chromium (openSUSE-SU-2016:1655-1)).

Upgrading to version 51.0.2704.103 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at chrome.google.com. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (91724). Similar entry is available at 87380.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.8
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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 91724
Nessus Name: RHEL 6 : chromium-browser (RHSA-2016:1262)
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OpenVAS ID: 900088
OpenVAS Name: SuSE Update for Chromium openSUSE-SU-2016:1624-1 (Chromium)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Chrome 51.0.2704.103

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01/12/2016 🔍
06/20/2016 +160 days 🔍
06/21/2016 +1 days 🔍
07/03/2016 +12 days 🔍
07/03/2016 +0 days 🔍
07/04/2016 +1 days 🔍
08/26/2022 +2244 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: RHSA-2016:1262
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CVE: CVE-2016-1704 (🔍)
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/04/2016 10:02
Updated: 08/26/2022 09:34
Changes: 07/04/2016 10:02 (66), 02/15/2019 14:27 (11), 08/26/2022 09:34 (3)
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Cache ID: 3:A68:103

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