Google Chrome up to 52.0.2743 privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Chrome up to 52.0.2743. It has been rated as critical. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-5175. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Chrome up to 52.0.2743 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown function. 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:

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.113 allow attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have other impact via unknown vectors.

The weakness was shared 09/13/2016 by Andrey Kovalev with Google as Stable Channel Update for Desktop, September 2016 as confirmed release notes (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at googlechromereleases.blogspot.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-5175 since 05/31/2016. 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 04/19/2019). 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 advisory points out:

s usual, our ongoing internal security work was responsible for a wide range of fixes.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 93554 (openSUSE Security Update : chromium (openSUSE-2016-1084)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 236093 (Red Hat Update for chromium-browser (RHSA-2016:1905)).

Upgrading to version 53.0.2785.113 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 (93554), SecurityFocus (BID 92942†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1036826†). The entries VDB-91674, VDB-91675, VDB-91676 and VDB-91677 are related to this item. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 93554
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : chromium (openSUSE-2016-1084)
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OpenVAS ID: 862149
OpenVAS Name: Google Chrome Security Updates(stable-channel-update-for-desktop_13-2016-09)-Windows
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Chrome 53.0.2785.113

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05/31/2016 🔍
09/13/2016 +105 days 🔍
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09/15/2016 +2 days 🔍
09/16/2016 +1 days 🔍
09/18/2016 +2 days 🔍
09/25/2016 +7 days 🔍
04/19/2019 +936 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: Stable Channel Update for Desktop, September 2016
Researcher: Andrey Kovalev
Organization: Google
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-5175 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-5175
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-91679

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SecurityFocus: 92942 - Google Chrome Prior to 53.0.2785.113 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1036826

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Entryinfo

Created: 09/18/2016 13:20
Updated: 04/19/2019 16:57
Changes: 09/18/2016 13:20 (77), 04/19/2019 16:57 (13)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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