Google Chrome up to 56 DevTools information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Google Chrome up to 56. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component DevTools. The manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2017-5011. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Google Chrome up to 56 (Web Browser). Affected is some unknown functionality of the component DevTools. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, and integrity. CVE summarizes:

Google Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Windows insufficiently sanitized DevTools URLs, which allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to read filesystem contents via a crafted HTML page.

The bug was discovered 01/25/2017. The weakness was disclosed 01/25/2017 by Armin Razmdjou (Paul) with Tresorit as Stable Channel Update for Desktop, January 2017 as confirmed release notes (Website). The advisory is available at chromereleases.googleblog.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-5011 since 01/02/2017. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 96852 (GLSA-201701-66 : Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 236251 (Red Hat Update forchromium-browser Security (RHSA-2017:0206)).

Upgrading to version 56.0.2924.76 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (96852), SecurityFocus (BID 95792†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1037718†). The entries VDB-96043, VDB-96044, VDB-96045 and VDB-96046 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 96852
Nessus Name: GLSA-201701-66 : Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 703776
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 3776-1 (chromium-browser - security update)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Chrome 56.0.2924.76

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: Stable Channel Update for Desktop, January 2017
Researcher: Armin Razmdjou (Paul)
Organization: Tresorit
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-5011 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-5011
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-96042

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SecurityFocus: 95792 - Google Chrome Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-5011 - Google - Chrome - Unauthorized File Access Issue
SecurityTracker: 1037718

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Entryinfo

Created: 01/27/2017 12:22
Updated: 08/03/2020 08:46
Changes: 01/27/2017 12:22 (83), 08/03/2020 08:46 (9)
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Cache ID: 216:2AC:103

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