Google Chrome up to 17.0.963.66 UXSS/Navigation History input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Chrome up to 17.0.963.66. It has been declared as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component UXSS/Navigation History. Such manipulation leads to input validation. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2011-3046. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Chrome up to 17.0.963.66 (Web Browser). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component UXSS/Navigation History. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The extension subsystem in Google Chrome before 17.0.963.78 does not properly handle history navigation, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging a "Universal XSS (UXSS)" issue.

The weakness was shared 03/08/2012 by Sergey Glazunov with VUPEN as confirmed wargames (Website) via Pwn2Own Contest. The advisory is shared for download at googlechromereleases.blogspot.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2011-3046 since 08/09/2011. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a private exploit is available.

A private exploit has been developed by Sergey Glazunov and been published immediately after the advisory. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 59069 (Safari < 5.1.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165294 (SUSE Security Update for Update for Chromium, v8 (openSUSE-SU-2012:0374-1)).

Upgrading to version 17.0.963.78 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at chrome.google.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (59069), SecurityFocus (BID 52369†), OSVDB (79893†), Secunia (SA48321†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1026776†). threatpost.com is providing further details. The entries VDB-5341, VDB-4805, VDB-5379 and VDB-5852 are related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Access: Private
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Sergey Glazunov

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Nessus ID: 59069
Nessus Name: Safari < 5.1.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 71159
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: chromium
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Chrome 17.0.963.78

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Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: googlechromereleases.blogspot.com
Researcher: Sergey Glazunov
Organization: VUPEN
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2011-3046 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-3046
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-4724

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SecurityFocus: 52369 - Google Chrome Prior to 17.0.963.78 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 48321 - Google Chrome Two Code Execution Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 79893
SecurityTracker: 1026776

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/09/2012 16:58
Updated: 04/28/2019 16:05
Changes: 03/09/2012 16:58 (87), 04/28/2019 16:05 (5)
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Cache ID: 216:F13:103

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