Google Chrome prior 22.0.1229.94 Inter-Process Communication privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Chrome. It has been classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Inter-Process Communication. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2012-5376. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Chrome (Web Browser) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Inter-Process Communication. 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. The summary by CVE is:

The Inter-process Communication (IPC) implementation in Google Chrome before 22.0.1229.94 allows remote attackers to bypass intended sandbox restrictions and write to arbitrary files by leveraging access to a renderer process, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-5112.

The weakness was published 10/11/2012 by Mateusz Jurczyk (Alex) with Google (Website). The advisory is shared at osvdb.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-5376 since 10/11/2012. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/28/2023). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 62652 (GLSA-201210-07 : Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 22.0.1229.94 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (62652), SecurityFocus (BID 54749†), OSVDB (86156†) and Secunia (SA50954†). Similar entries are available at VDB-5884, VDB-5885, VDB-5886 and VDB-5887. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.8

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 62652
Nessus Name: GLSA-201210-07 : Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 802474
OpenVAS Name: Google Chrome Multiple Vulnerabilities-02 Oct12 (Linux)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Chrome 22.0.1229.94

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07/31/2012 🔍
10/11/2012 +72 days 🔍
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10/21/2012 +10 days 🔍
10/22/2012 +1 days 🔍
09/28/2019 +2532 days 🔍
12/28/2023 +1552 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: osvdb.org⛔
Researcher: Mateusz Jurczyk (Alex)
Organization: Google
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-5376 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-5376
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-142385

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X-Force: 79186
SecurityFocus: 54749 - Google Chrome Prior to 21 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 50954
OSVDB: 86156 - Google Chrome IPC Renderer Process Leveraging Sandbox Bypass Arbitrary File Write

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Entryinfo

Created: 09/28/2019 07:30
Updated: 12/28/2023 14:45
Changes: 09/28/2019 07:30 (81), 09/11/2020 09:33 (6), 12/28/2023 14:40 (4), 12/28/2023 14:45 (1)
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Cache ID: 216:AB1:103

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