Google Chrome 50 Blink V8 Binding access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Google Chrome 50. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Blink V8 Binding. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-1668. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Chrome 50 (Web Browser). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component Blink V8 Binding. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was shared 05/11/2016 by Mariusz Mlynski as Stable Channel Update, May 2016 as confirmed release notes (Blogspot). It is possible to read the advisory at googlechromereleases.blogspot.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-1668 since 01/12/2016. 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. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/19/2022). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 91157 (RHEL 6 : chromium-browser (RHSA-2016:1080)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 236013 (Red Hat Update for chromium-browser (RHSA-2016:1080)).

Upgrading to version 50.0.2661.102 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 (91157) and SecurityFocus (BID 90584†). The entries VDB-87298, VDB-87300, VDB-87301 and VDB-87302 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.6

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 91157
Nessus Name: RHEL 6 : chromium-browser (RHSA-2016:1080)
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OpenVAS ID: 102036
OpenVAS Name: Google Chrome Security Updates(stable-channel-update-2016-05)-Windows
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Chrome 50.0.2661.102

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: Stable Channel Update, May 2016
Researcher: Mariusz Mlynski
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-1668 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-1668
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-87299

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SecurityFocus: 90584 - Google Chrome Prior to 50.0.2661.102 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1035872

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Entryinfo

Created: 05/12/2016 17:59
Updated: 08/19/2022 09:34
Changes: 05/12/2016 17:59 (71), 11/24/2018 12:22 (13), 08/19/2022 09:34 (4)
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Cache ID: 216:862:103

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