Vulnerabilities > CVE-2010-2298 - Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Google Chrome

047910
CVSS 10.0 - CRITICAL
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
COMPLETE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
network
low complexity
google
linux
CWE-20
critical
nessus

Summary

browser/renderer_host/database_dispatcher_host.cc in Google Chrome before 5.0.375.70 on Linux does not properly handle ViewHostMsg_DatabaseOpenFile messages in chroot-based sandboxing, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended sandbox restrictions via vectors involving fchdir and chdir calls.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Google
459
OS
Linux
1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables
    This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
  • Server Side Include (SSI) Injection
    An attacker can use Server Side Include (SSI) Injection to send code to a web application that then gets executed by the web server. Doing so enables the attacker to achieve similar results to Cross Site Scripting, viz., arbitrary code execution and information disclosure, albeit on a more limited scale, since the SSI directives are nowhere near as powerful as a full-fledged scripting language. Nonetheless, the attacker can conveniently gain access to sensitive files, such as password files, and execute shell commands.
  • Cross Zone Scripting
    An attacker is able to cause a victim to load content into their web-browser that bypasses security zone controls and gain access to increased privileges to execute scripting code or other web objects such as unsigned ActiveX controls or applets. This is a privilege elevation attack targeted at zone-based web-browser security. In a zone-based model, pages belong to one of a set of zones corresponding to the level of privilege assigned to that page. Pages in an untrusted zone would have a lesser level of access to the system and/or be restricted in the types of executable content it was allowed to invoke. In a cross-zone scripting attack, a page that should be assigned to a less privileged zone is granted the privileges of a more trusted zone. This can be accomplished by exploiting bugs in the browser, exploiting incorrect configuration in the zone controls, through a cross-site scripting attack that causes the attackers' content to be treated as coming from a more trusted page, or by leveraging some piece of system functionality that is accessible from both the trusted and less trusted zone. This attack differs from "Restful Privilege Escalation" in that the latter correlates to the inadequate securing of RESTful access methods (such as HTTP DELETE) on the server, while cross-zone scripting attacks the concept of security zones as implemented by a browser.
  • Cross Site Scripting through Log Files
    An attacker may leverage a system weakness where logs are susceptible to log injection to insert scripts into the system's logs. If these logs are later viewed by an administrator through a thin administrative interface and the log data is not properly HTML encoded before being written to the page, the attackers' scripts stored in the log will be executed in the administrative interface with potentially serious consequences. This attack pattern is really a combination of two other attack patterns: log injection and stored cross site scripting.
  • Command Line Execution through SQL Injection
    An attacker uses standard SQL injection methods to inject data into the command line for execution. This could be done directly through misuse of directives such as MSSQL_xp_cmdshell or indirectly through injection of data into the database that would be interpreted as shell commands. Sometime later, an unscrupulous backend application (or could be part of the functionality of the same application) fetches the injected data stored in the database and uses this data as command line arguments without performing proper validation. The malicious data escapes that data plane by spawning new commands to be executed on the host.

Nessus

NASL familyWindows
NASL idGOOGLE_CHROME_5_0_375_70.NASL
descriptionThe version of Google Chrome installed on the remote host is earlier than 5.0.375.70. As such, it is reportedly affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - A cross-origin keystroke redirection vulnerability. (Issue #15766) - A cross-origin bypass in DOM methods. (Issue #39985) - A memory error exists in table layout. (Issue #42723) - It is possible to escape the sandbox in Linux. (Issue #43304) - A stale pointer exists in bitmap. (Issue #43307) - A memory corruption vulnerability exists in DOM node normalization. (Issue #43315) - A memory corruption vulnerability exists in text transforms. (Issue #43487) - A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in the innerHTML property of textarea. (Issue #43902) - A memory corruption vulnerability exists in font handling. (Issue #44740) - Geolocation events fire after document deletion. (Issue #44868) - A memory corruption vulnerability exists in the rendering of list markers. (Issue #44955)
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id46850
published2010-06-09
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2010-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/46850
titleGoogle Chrome < 5.0.375.70 Multiple Vulnerabilities
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(46850);
  script_version("1.18");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/15 20:50:27");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2010-1772",
    "CVE-2010-1773",
    "CVE-2010-2295",
    "CVE-2010-2296",
    "CVE-2010-2297",
    "CVE-2010-2298",
    "CVE-2010-2299",
    "CVE-2010-2300",
    "CVE-2010-2301",
    "CVE-2010-2302"
  );
  script_bugtraq_id(40651, 41573, 41575);

  script_name(english:"Google Chrome < 5.0.375.70 Multiple Vulnerabilities");
  script_summary(english:"Checks version number of Google Chrome");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote host contains a web browser that is affected by multiple
vulnerabilities.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of Google Chrome installed on the remote host is earlier
than 5.0.375.70.  As such, it is reportedly affected by multiple
vulnerabilities :

  - A cross-origin keystroke redirection vulnerability.
    (Issue #15766)

  - A cross-origin bypass in DOM methods. (Issue #39985)

  - A memory error exists in table layout. (Issue #42723)

  - It is possible to escape the sandbox in Linux.
    (Issue #43304)

  - A stale pointer exists in bitmap. (Issue #43307)

  - A memory corruption vulnerability exists in DOM node
    normalization. (Issue #43315)

  - A memory corruption vulnerability exists in text
    transforms. (Issue #43487)

  - A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in the
    innerHTML property of textarea. (Issue #43902)

  - A memory corruption vulnerability exists in font
    handling. (Issue #44740)

  - Geolocation events fire after document deletion.
    (Issue #44868)

  - A memory corruption vulnerability exists in the
    rendering of list markers. (Issue #44955)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?e00e762c");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Google Chrome 5.0.375.70 or later.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_cwe_id(20, 74, 79, 442, 629, 711, 712, 722, 725, 750, 751, 800, 801, 809, 811, 864, 900, 928, 931, 990);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2010/06/08");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2010/06/08");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2010/06/09");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:google:chrome");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Windows");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2010-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");

  script_dependencies("google_chrome_installed.nasl");
  script_require_keys("SMB/Google_Chrome/Installed");

  exit(0);
}


include("google_chrome_version.inc");

get_kb_item_or_exit("SMB/Google_Chrome/Installed");

installs = get_kb_list("SMB/Google_Chrome/*");
google_chrome_check_version(installs:installs, fix:'5.0.375.70', xss:TRUE, severity:SECURITY_HOLE);

Oval

accepted2012-10-22T04:02:05.898-04:00
classvulnerability
contributors
  • nameAharon Chernin
    organizationDTCC
  • nameShane Shaffer
    organizationG2, Inc.
  • nameShane Shaffer
    organizationG2, Inc.
  • nameShane Shaffer
    organizationG2, Inc.
  • nameMaria Kedovskaya
    organizationALTX-SOFT
  • nameMaria Kedovskaya
    organizationALTX-SOFT
  • nameMaria Kedovskaya
    organizationALTX-SOFT
  • nameMaria Mikhno
    organizationALTX-SOFT
definition_extensions
  • commentGoogle Chrome is installed
    ovaloval:org.mitre.oval:def:11914
  • commentGoogle Chrome is installed
    ovaloval:org.mitre.oval:def:11914
  • commentGoogle Chrome is installed
    ovaloval:org.mitre.oval:def:11914
  • commentGoogle Chrome is installed
    ovaloval:org.mitre.oval:def:11914
  • commentGoogle Chrome is installed
    ovaloval:org.mitre.oval:def:11914
descriptionbrowser/renderer_host/database_dispatcher_host.cc in Google Chrome before 5.0.375.70 on Linux does not properly handle ViewHostMsg_DatabaseOpenFile messages in chroot-based sandboxing, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended sandbox restrictions via vectors involving fchdir and chdir calls.
familywindows
idoval:org.mitre.oval:def:14154
statusdeprecated
submitted2011-11-25T18:06:27.000-05:00
titleDEPRECATED: browser/renderer_host/database_dispatcher_host.cc in Google Chrome before 5.0.375.70 on Linux does not properly handle ViewHostMsg_DatabaseOpenFile messages in chroot-based sandboxing, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended sandbox restrictions via vectors involving fchdir and chdir calls.
version50