Google Chrome up to 56 Omnibox Address access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Google Chrome up to 56 and classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component Omnibox. This manipulation causes access control (Address). This vulnerability appears as CVE-2017-5013. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Google Chrome up to 56 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component Omnibox. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability (Address). The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Google Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Linux incorrectly handled new tab page navigations in non-selected tabs, which allowed a remote attacker to spoof the contents of the Omnibox (URL bar) via a crafted HTML page.

The bug was discovered 01/25/2017. The weakness was presented 01/25/2017 by Armin Razmdjou (Paul) with Tresorit as Stable Channel Update for Desktop, January 2017 as confirmed release notes (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at chromereleases.googleblog.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-5013 since 01/02/2017. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. 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 08/03/2020). 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 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†). See VDB-96042, VDB-96044, VDB-96045 and VDB-96046 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.2

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Exploitinginfo

Name: Address
Class: Access control / Address
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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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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01/02/2017 🔍
01/25/2017 +23 days 🔍
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01/27/2017 +1 days 🔍
01/30/2017 +3 days 🔍
02/17/2017 +18 days 🔍
08/03/2020 +1263 days 🔍

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-2017-5013 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-5013
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-96043

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SecurityFocus: 95792 - Google Chrome Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-5013 - Google - Chrome - Spoofing Issue
SecurityTracker: 1037718

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Entryinfo

Created: 01/27/2017 12:22
Updated: 08/03/2020 09:00
Changes: 01/27/2017 12:22 (84), 08/03/2020 09:00 (9)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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