Google Chrome up to 54 Bookmark cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in Google Chrome up to 54 (Web Browser). It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown code block of the component Bookmark Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

Bookmark handling in Google Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.59 for Windows, Mac, and Linux; 54.0.2840.85 for Android had insufficient validation of supplied data, which allowed a remote attacker to inject arbitrary scripts or HTML (UXSS) via crafted HTML pages, as demonstrated by an interpretation conflict between userinfo and scheme in an http://javascript:payload@example.com URL.

The bug was discovered 10/12/2016. The weakness was released 12/18/2016 by Abdulrahman Alqabandi (Cloudfuzzer) with Tencent (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-5191 since 05/31/2016. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 28 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 94661 (Fedora 24 : 1:chromium-native_client / chromium (2016-c671aae490)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370162 (Google Chrome Prior to 54.0.2840.59 Multiple Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading to version 54.0.2840.59 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 databases at Tenable (94661) and SecurityFocus (BID 93528†).

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Nessus ID: 94661
Nessus Name: Fedora 24 : 1:chromium-native_client / chromium (2016-c671aae490)
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OpenVAS ID: 54318
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for chromium FEDORA-2016-c671aae490
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Upgrade: Chrome 54.0.2840.59

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10/12/2016 +134 days 🔍
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12/17/2016 +37 days 🔍
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10/12/2022 +2124 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: FEDORA-2016-c671aae490⛔
Researcher: Abdulrahman Alqabandi (Cloudfuzzer)
Organization: Tencent
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-5191 (🔍)
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SecurityFocus: 93528 - Google Chrome Prior to 54.0.2840.59 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

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Created: 12/18/2016 04:05 PM
Updated: 10/12/2022 10:18 AM
Changes: 12/18/2016 04:05 PM (78), 07/09/2019 06:57 PM (9), 10/12/2022 10:12 AM (3), 10/12/2022 10:18 AM (1)
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Cache ID: 3:D2E:40

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