National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-5749
Original release date:12/29/2008
Last revised:01/29/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
** DISPUTED ** Argument injection vulnerability in Google Chrome 1.0.154.36 on Windows XP SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the --renderer-path option in a chromehtml: URI. NOTE: a third party disputes this issue, stating that Chrome "will ask for user permission" and "cannot launch the applet even [if] you have given out the permission."
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.4
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides user account access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
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External Source: BID
Name: 32997
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20081225 Re: Google Chrome Browser (ChromeHTML://) remote parameter injection POC
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20081223 Google Chrome Browser (ChromeHTML://) remote parameter injection POC
External Source: MILW0RM
Name: 7566
External Source: SREASON
Name: 4821
External Source: MISC
Name: http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_chrome.html