Google Chrome up to 55 Blink Universal cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Google Chrome up to 55. This affects an unknown part of the component Blink. Executing a manipulation can lead to cross site scripting (Universal). This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2016-5205. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Google Chrome up to 55 (Web Browser). This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component Blink. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability (Universal). The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:

Blink in Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Linux, Windows and Mac, incorrectly handles deferred page loads, which allowed a remote attacker to inject arbitrary scripts or HTML (UXSS) via a crafted HTML page.

The bug was discovered 12/01/2016. The weakness was disclosed 01/19/2017 by Abdulrahman Alqabandi (xisigr) with Qihoo 360 (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2016-5205 since 05/31/2016. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful 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 T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 8 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 95661 (Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 16.10 : oxide-qt vulnerabilities (USN-3153-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Ubuntu Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 236207 (Red Hat Update for Chromium-browser Security (RHSA-2016:2919)).

Upgrading to version 55.0.2883.75 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (95661) and SecurityFocus (BID 94633†). The entries VDB-95480, VDB-95481, VDB-95483 and VDB-95484 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

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Exploitinginfo

Name: Universal
Class: Cross site scripting / Universal
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 95661
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 16.10 : oxide-qt vulnerabilities (USN-3153-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 900236
OpenVAS Name: SuSE Update for Chromium openSUSE-SU-2016:3108-1 (Chromium)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Chrome 55.0.2883.75

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05/31/2016 🔍
12/01/2016 +184 days 🔍
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12/09/2016 +8 days 🔍
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01/19/2017 +41 days 🔍
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05/14/2026 +3401 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: USN-3153-1⛔
Researcher: Abdulrahman Alqabandi (xisigr)
Organization: Qihoo 360
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-5205 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-5205
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-95482

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SecurityFocus: 94633 - Google Chrome Prior to 55.0.2883.75 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: - CVE-2016-5205 - Google - Chrome - Cross-Site Scripting Issue

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Entryinfo

Created: 01/19/2017 09:41
Updated: 05/14/2026 01:32
Changes: 01/19/2017 09:41 (78), 07/24/2020 14:53 (10), 11/01/2022 10:42 (3), 11/01/2022 10:49 (1), 05/14/2026 01:32 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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