VDB-93578 · CVE-2016-5202 · Nessus 95906

Google Chrome up to 54 privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Google Chrome up to 54. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2016-5202. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Chrome up to 54 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. 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 bug was discovered 11/09/2016. The weakness was presented 11/09/2016 as Stable Channel Update for Desktop, November 2016 as confirmed release notes (Blog). The advisory is available at googlechromereleases.blogspot.com. The public release was coordinated in cooperation with the vendor. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-5202 since 05/31/2016. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 95906 (Fedora 24 : chromium (2016-e0e1cb2b2b)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 236190 (Red Hat Update for chromium-browser (RHSA-2016:2718)).

Upgrading to version 54.0.2840.98, 54.0.2840.99 or 54.0.2840.100 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 (95906) and SecurityTracker (ID 1037273†). See VDB-93575, VDB-93576, VDB-93577 and VDB-102569 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

Web Browser

Vendor

Google

Name

Chrome

Version

License

free

Website

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

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.7

VulDB Base Score: 8.8
VulDB Temp Score: 8.4
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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 95906
Nessus Name: Fedora 24 : chromium (2016-e0e1cb2b2b)
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OpenVAS ID: 867773
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for chromium FEDORA-2016-e0e1cb2b2b
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Chrome 54.0.2840.98/54.0.2840.99/54.0.2840.100

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05/31/2016 🔍
11/09/2016 +162 days 🔍
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11/11/2016 +2 days 🔍
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12/16/2016 +35 days 🔍
10/03/2022 +2117 days 🔍