Google Chrome up to 52.x Autofill information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Chrome up to 52.x and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Autofill. Executing a manipulation can lead to information disclosure. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-6037. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Google Chrome up to 52.x (Web Browser). This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the component Autofill. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Inappropriate implementation in autofill in Google Chrome prior to 64.0.3282.119 allowed a remote attacker to obtain autofill data with insufficient user gestures via a crafted HTML page.

The bug was discovered 01/24/2018. The weakness was shared 01/24/2018 by Masato Kinugawa (Paul) with Tencent (Website). The advisory is shared for download at chromereleases.googleblog.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2018-6037 since 01/23/2018. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. 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 T1592.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 106486 (Google Chrome < 64.0.3282.119 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 236634 (Red Hat Update for chromium-browser (RHSA-2018:0265)).

Upgrading to version 53.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (106486), SecurityFocus (BID 102797†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1040282†). The entries VDB-112550, VDB-112551, VDB-112552 and VDB-112553 are related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.2

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 106486
Nessus Name: Google Chrome < 64.0.3282.119 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)
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OpenVAS ID: 64134
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for qt5-qtwebengine FEDORA-2018-e08d828ed9
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Chrome 53.0

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01/25/2018 +1 days 🔍
01/28/2018 +3 days 🔍
01/30/2018 +2 days 🔍
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02/03/2023 +1592 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: RHSA-2018:0265
Researcher: Masato Kinugawa (Paul)
Organization: Tencent
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-6037 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-6037
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-112564

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SecurityFocus: 102797 - Google Chrome Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1040282

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Entryinfo

Created: 01/28/2018 10:38
Updated: 02/03/2023 08:10
Changes: 01/28/2018 10:38 (78), 12/30/2019 15:45 (11), 02/03/2023 08:10 (4)
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