CVE-2010-0657
Google Chrome before 4.0.249.78 on Windows does not perform the expected encoding, escaping, and quoting for the URL in the --app argument in a desktop shortcut, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs or obtain…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.88%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Google Chrome before 4.0.249.78 on Windows does not perform the expected encoding, escaping, and quoting for the URL in the --app argument in a desktop shortcut, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs or obtain sensitive information by tricking a user into creating a crafted shortcut.
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 1.88% probability · 78th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- google/chrome
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=23693
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/01/stable-channel-update_25.html
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023506
- http://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/dev/Home/chromium-security/chromium-security-bugs
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14306
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=23693
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/01/stable-channel-update_25.html
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023506
- http://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/dev/Home/chromium-security/chromium-security-bugs
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14306
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.