CVE-2016-5217

chromium-browser: use of unvalidated data in pdfium

Severity Score

6.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android incorrectly permitted access to privileged plugins, which allowed a remote attacker to bypass site isolation via a crafted HTML page.

La API de extensiones en Google Chrome anterior a 55.0.2883.75 para Mac, Windows y Linux permite acceso de manera incorrecta a plugins privilegiados, lo que permitió a un atacante remoto eludir el aislamiento del sitio a través de una página HTML manipulada.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2016-05-31 CVE Reserved
2016-12-05 CVE Published
2023-03-07 EPSS Updated
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-284: Improper Access Control

CAPEC

References (7)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94633	Vdb Entry
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html	X_refsource_confirm
https://crbug.com/654280	X_refsource_confirm

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2919.html	2023-11-07
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-11	2023-11-07
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5217	2016-12-07
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1400867	2016-12-07

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Google Search vendor "Google"		Chrome Search vendor "Google" for product "Chrome"				<= 54.0.2840.99 Search vendor "Google" for product "Chrome" and version " <= 54.0.2840.99"		-		Affected