Google Chrome up to 52.x New Tab Page information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Google Chrome up to 52.x. Affected is an unknown function of the component New Tab Page Handler. This manipulation causes information disclosure. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2018-6053. The attack requires local access. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Google Chrome up to 52.x (Web Browser). Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component New Tab Page Handler. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Inappropriate implementation in New Tab Page in Google Chrome prior to 64.0.3282.119 allowed a local attacker to view website thumbnail images after clearing browser data via a crafted HTML page.

The bug was discovered 01/24/2018. The weakness was presented 01/24/2018 by Masato Kinugawa (Paul) with Tencent (Website). The advisory is shared at chromereleases.googleblog.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-6053 since 01/23/2018. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

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 370741 (Google Chrome Prior to 64.0.3282.119 Multiple Vulnerabilites.).

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†). See VDB-112550, VDB-112551, VDB-112552 and VDB-112553 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.2

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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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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-2018-6053 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-6053
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-112573

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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 08:36
Changes: 01/28/2018 10:38 (78), 12/30/2019 16:17 (11), 02/03/2023 08:36 (3)
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