CVE-2016-5144
The Developer Tools (aka DevTools) subsystem in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.116, mishandles the script-path hostname, remoteBase parameter, and remoteFrontendUrl parameter, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.70%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The Developer Tools (aka DevTools) subsystem in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.116, mishandles the script-path hostname, remoteBase parameter, and remoteFrontendUrl parameter, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted URL, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-5143.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.70% probability · 76th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-284
- Affected
- google/chrome
- Source
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com
References
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00006.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1580.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3645
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92276
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036547
- https://codereview.chromium.org/2065823004
- https://crbug.com/618333
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4KMX62M7UNRLWO4FEQ6YIMPMTKXXJV6A/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00006.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1580.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3645
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92276
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036547
- https://codereview.chromium.org/2065823004
- https://crbug.com/618333
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4KMX62M7UNRLWO4FEQ6YIMPMTKXXJV6A/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.