CVE-2015-1274

Severity

68%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

106%

Google Chrome before 44.0.2403.89 does not ensure that the auto-open list omits all dangerous file types, which makes it easier for remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by providing a crafted file and leveraging a user's previous "Always open files of this type" choice, related to download_commands.cc and download_prefs.cc.

Google Chrome before 44.0.2403.89 does not ensure that the auto-open list omits all dangerous file types, which makes it easier for remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by providing a crafted file and leveraging a user's previous "Always open files of this type" choice, related to download_commands.cc and download_prefs.cc.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

First reported 9 years ago

2015-07-23 00:59:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-30 16:27:00

Affected Software

Debian Linux 8.0 (Jessie)

8.0

OpenSUSE 13.1

13.1

OpenSUSE 13.2

13.2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary 6.0 (v. 6)

6.0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary 6.0 (v. 6)

6.0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary 6.0 (v. 6)

6.0

References

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/07/stable-channel-update_21.html

Patch, Vendor Advisory

openSUSE-SU-2015:1287

RHSA-2015:1499

DSA-3315

75973

1033031

https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=461858

https://codereview.chromium.org/1165893004/

GLSA-201603-09

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