Google Chrome up to 18.0.1025.162 XSSAuditor cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in Google Chrome up to 18.0.1025.162. It has been declared as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component XSSAuditor. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Furthermore, an exploit is available. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.

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A vulnerability was found in Google Chrome up to 18.0.1025.162 (Web Browser). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component XSSAuditor. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was published 05/31/2012 by Keith Makan (k3170) as 130594 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at code.google.com. The public release has been coordinated with the vendor. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available at packetstormsecurity.org. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at chrome.google.com. Applying the patch 119184 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at trac.webkit.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be patching the affected component. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 53762†) and OSVDB (82511†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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• Web Browser

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• Google

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• Chrome

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• 18.0.1025.162

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• free

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• Vendor: https://www.google.com/
• Product: https://www.google.com/chrome/

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