Google Chrome up to 36.0.1985.143 Extension Permission access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Google Chrome up to 36.0.1985.143. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Extension Permission Handler. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2014-3170. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Google Chrome up to 36.0.1985.143 (Web Browser). Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Extension Permission Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

extensions/common/url_pattern.cc in Google Chrome before 37.0.2062.94 does not prevent use of a \0 character in a host name, which allows remote attackers to spoof the extension permission dialog by relying on truncation after this character.

The weakness was disclosed 08/26/2014 by Rob Wu as Stable Channel Update, August 2014 as confirmed release notes (Blog). The advisory is shared for download at googlechromereleases.blogspot.ch. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-3170 since 05/03/2014. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 02/11/2022). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 77973 (Debian DSA-3039-1 : chromium-browser - security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 167254 (OpenSuSE Security Update for chromium (openSUSE-SU-2014:1151-1)).

Upgrading to version 37.0.2062.94 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 X-Force (95470), Tenable (77973), SecurityFocus (BID 69400†), Secunia (SA61482†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1030767†). securityweek.com is providing further details. The entries VDB-67175, VDB-67323, VDB-67324 and VDB-67325 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: No
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Status: Unproven

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Nessus ID: 77973
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-3039-1 : chromium-browser - security update
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OpenVAS ID: 703039
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 3039-1 (chromium-browser - security update)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Chrome 37.0.2062.94

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: Stable Channel Update, August 2014
Researcher: Rob Wu
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-3170 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-3170
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-67412

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X-Force: 95470 - Google Chrome Extension permission spoofing, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 69400 - Google Chrome CVE-2014-3170 Extension Permission Dialog Spoofing Vulnerability
Secunia: 61482 - SUSE update for chromium, Highly Critical
SecurityTracker: 1030767 - Google Chrome Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Obtain Information
Vulnerability Center: 45944 - Google Chrome Remote Spoofing of Extension Dialog due to Improper Character Restrictions in Host Name, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/27/2014 10:19
Updated: 02/11/2022 04:05
Changes: 08/27/2014 10:19 (89), 06/05/2017 10:38 (3), 02/11/2022 04:05 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:116:103

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