VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-1671
Google Chrome before 50.0.2661.102 on Android mishandles / (slash) and \ (backslash) characters, which allows attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks via a file: URL, related to net/base/escape.cc and net/base/filename_util.cc.
HIGH 8.1EPSS 1.53%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.53%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Google Chrome before 50.0.2661.102 on Android mishandles / (slash) and \ (backslash) characters, which allows attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks via a file: URL, related to net/base/escape.cc and net/base/filename_util.cc.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.1 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.53% probability · 73th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- google/chrome
- Source
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com
References
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/05/stable-channel-update.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90584
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035872
- https://codereview.chromium.org/1704163003/
- https://crbug.com/586657
- https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/message/raw?msg=chromium-reviews/UkMGbbnTDW8/A4g-6YkfBAAJ
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-02
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/05/stable-channel-update.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90584
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035872
- https://codereview.chromium.org/1704163003/
- https://crbug.com/586657
- https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/message/raw?msg=chromium-reviews/UkMGbbnTDW8/A4g-6YkfBAAJ
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-02
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.