Vulnerabilities > CVE-2011-3046 - Cross-Site Scripting 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
opensuse
apple
CWE-79
critical
nessus

Summary

The extension subsystem in Google Chrome before 17.0.963.78 does not properly handle history navigation, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging a "Universal XSS (UXSS)" issue.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Google
2037
Application
Apple
103
OS
Opensuse
1
OS
Apple
99

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • 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.
  • Embedding Scripts in Non-Script Elements
    This attack is a form of Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) where malicious scripts are embedded in elements that are not expected to host scripts such as image tags (<img>), comments in XML documents (< !-CDATA->), etc. These tags may not be subject to the same input validation, output validation, and other content filtering and checking routines, so this can create an opportunity for an attacker to tunnel through the application's elements and launch a XSS attack through other elements. As with all remote attacks, it is important to differentiate the ability to launch an attack (such as probing an internal network for unpatched servers) and the ability of the remote attacker to collect and interpret the output of said attack.
  • Embedding Scripts within Scripts
    An attack of this type exploits a programs' vulnerabilities that are brought on by allowing remote hosts to execute scripts. The attacker leverages this capability to execute scripts to execute his/her own script by embedding it within other scripts that the target software is likely to execute. The attacker must have the ability to inject script into script that is likely to be executed. If this is done, then the attacker can potentially launch a variety of probes and attacks against the web server's local environment, in many cases the so-called DMZ, back end resources the web server can communicate with, and other hosts. With the proliferation of intermediaries, such as Web App Firewalls, network devices, and even printers having JVMs and Web servers, there are many locales where an attacker can inject malicious scripts. Since this attack pattern defines scripts within scripts, there are likely privileges to execute said attack on the host. Of course, these attacks are not solely limited to the server side, client side scripts like Ajax and client side JavaScript can contain malicious scripts as well. In general all that is required is for there to be sufficient privileges to execute a script, but not protected against writing.
  • Cross-Site Scripting in Error Pages
    An attacker distributes a link (or possibly some other query structure) with a request to a third party web server that is malformed and also contains a block of exploit code in order to have the exploit become live code in the resulting error page. When the third party web server receives the crafted request and notes the error it then creates an error message that echoes the malformed message, including the exploit. Doing this converts the exploit portion of the message into to valid language elements that are executed by the viewing browser. When a victim executes the query provided by the attacker the infected error message error message is returned including the exploit code which then runs in the victim's browser. XSS can result in execution of code as well as data leakage (e.g. session cookies can be sent to the attacker). This type of attack is especially dangerous since the exploit appears to come from the third party web server, who the victim may trust and hence be more vulnerable to deception.
  • Cross-Site Scripting Using Alternate Syntax
    The attacker uses alternate forms of keywords or commands that result in the same action as the primary form but which may not be caught by filters. For example, many keywords are processed in a case insensitive manner. If the site's web filtering algorithm does not convert all tags into a consistent case before the comparison with forbidden keywords it is possible to bypass filters (e.g., incomplete black lists) by using an alternate case structure. For example, the "script" tag using the alternate forms of "Script" or "ScRiPt" may bypass filters where "script" is the only form tested. Other variants using different syntax representations are also possible as well as using pollution meta-characters or entities that are eventually ignored by the rendering engine. The attack can result in the execution of otherwise prohibited functionality.

Nessus

  • NASL familyWindows
    NASL idSAFARI_5_1_7.NASL
    descriptionThe version of Safari installed on the remote host reportedly is affected by several issues : - Two unspecified errors exist that can allow malicious sites to perform cross-site scripting attacks. (CVE-2011-3046, CVE-2011-3056) - An unspecified memory corruption error exists that can allow malicious sites to crash the application or potentially execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2012-0672) - A state-tracking issue exists that can allow malicious sites to populate HTML form values of other sites with arbitrary data. (CVE-2012-0676)
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id59069
    published2012-05-10
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/59069
    titleSafari < 5.1.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(59069);
      script_version("1.7");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/07/27 18:38:15");
    
      script_cve_id(
        "CVE-2011-3046",
        "CVE-2011-3056",
        "CVE-2012-0672",
        "CVE-2012-0676"
      );
      script_bugtraq_id(52369, 53404, 53407, 53446);
    
      script_name(english:"Safari < 5.1.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities");
      script_summary(english:"Checks version number of Safari");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis",
        value:
    "The remote host contains a web browser that is affected by several
    issues."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description",
        value:
    "The version of Safari installed on the remote host reportedly is
    affected by several issues :
    
      - Two unspecified errors exist that can allow malicious
        sites to perform cross-site scripting attacks.
        (CVE-2011-3046, CVE-2011-3056)
    
      - An unspecified memory corruption error exists that can
        allow malicious sites to crash the application or
        potentially execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2012-0672)
    
      - A state-tracking issue exists that can allow malicious
        sites to populate HTML form values of other sites with
        arbitrary data. (CVE-2012-0676)"
      );
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5282");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00002.html");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Safari 5.1.7 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:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
      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:"2012/05/09");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2012/05/09");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2012/05/10");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:apple:safari");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_family(english:"Windows");
    
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
    
      script_dependencies("safari_installed.nasl");
      script_require_keys("SMB/Safari/FileVersion");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("audit.inc");
    include("misc_func.inc");
    
    version = get_kb_item_or_exit("SMB/Safari/FileVersion");
    
    version_ui = get_kb_item("SMB/Safari/ProductVersion");
    if (isnull(version_ui)) version_ui = version;
    
    fixed_version = '5.34.57.2';
    fixed_version_ui = '5.1.7 (7534.57.2)';
    
    if (ver_compare(ver:version, fix:fixed_version) == -1)
    {
      port = get_kb_item("SMB/transport");
      set_kb_item(name:'www/'+port+'/XSS', value:TRUE);
    
      if (report_verbosity > 0)
      {
        path = get_kb_item("SMB/Safari/Path");
        if (isnull(path)) path = "n/a";
    
        report =
          '\n  Path              : ' + path +
          '\n  Installed version : ' + version_ui +
          '\n  Fixed version     : ' + fixed_version_ui + '\n';
        security_hole(port:port, extra:report);
      }
      else security_hole(port);
    }
    else audit(AUDIT_INST_VER_NOT_VULN, "Safari", version_ui);
    
  • NASL familyFreeBSD Local Security Checks
    NASL idFREEBSD_PKG_1015E1FE69CE11E1828800262D5ED8EE.NASL
    descriptionGoogle Chrome Releases reports : [117226] [117230] Critical CVE-2011-3046: UXSS and bad history navigation. Credit to Sergey Glazunov.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id58313
    published2012-03-12
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2014 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/58313
    titleFreeBSD : chromium -- XSS vulnerability (1015e1fe-69ce-11e1-8288-00262d5ed8ee)
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
    # extracted from the FreeBSD VuXML database :
    #
    # Copyright 2003-2014 Jacques Vidrine and contributors
    #
    # Redistribution and use in source (VuXML) and 'compiled' forms (SGML,
    # HTML, PDF, PostScript, RTF and so forth) with or without modification,
    # are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
    # 1. Redistributions of source code (VuXML) must retain the above
    #    copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
    #    disclaimer as the first lines of this file unmodified.
    # 2. Redistributions in compiled form (transformed to other DTDs,
    #    published online in any format, converted to PDF, PostScript,
    #    RTF and other formats) must reproduce the above copyright
    #    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
    #    in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
    #    distribution.
    # 
    # THIS DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
    # AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
    # THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
    # PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS
    # BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY,
    # OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT
    # OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR
    # BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
    # WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE
    # OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS DOCUMENTATION,
    # EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(58313);
      script_version("$Revision: 1.3 $");
      script_cvs_date("$Date: 2014/08/13 14:23:42 $");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2011-3046");
    
      script_name(english:"FreeBSD : chromium -- XSS vulnerability (1015e1fe-69ce-11e1-8288-00262d5ed8ee)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package in pkg_info output");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "Google Chrome Releases reports :
    
    [117226] [117230] Critical CVE-2011-3046: UXSS and bad history
    navigation. Credit to Sergey Glazunov."
      );
      # http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/search/label/Stable%20updates
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?29fa020e"
      );
      # http://www.freebsd.org/ports/portaudit/1015e1fe-69ce-11e1-8288-00262d5ed8ee.html
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?c146b478"
      );
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected package.");
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:chromium");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2012/03/08");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2012/03/09");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2012/03/12");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2014 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
      script_family(english:"FreeBSD Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/FreeBSD/release", "Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("freebsd_package.inc");
    
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "FreeBSD");
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    
    flag = 0;
    
    if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"chromium<17.0.963.78")) flag++;
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:pkg_report_get());
      else security_hole(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
    
  • NASL familyWindows
    NASL idGOOGLE_CHROME_17_0_963_78.NASL
    descriptionThe version of Google Chrome installed on the remote host is earlier than 17.0.963.78 and is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities: - The application does not properly handle history navigation. - An unspecified universal cross-site scripting issue exists. By exploiting these vulnerabilities in combination, an attacker could bypass Chrome
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id58328
    published2012-03-13
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/58328
    titleGoogle Chrome < 17.0.963.78 Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • NASL familyMacOS X Local Security Checks
    NASL idMACOSX_SAFARI5_1_7.NASL
    descriptionThe version of Apple Safari installed on the remote Mac OS X host is earlier than 5.1.7. It is, therefore, potentially affected by several issues : - Two unspecified errors exist that can allow malicious sites to perform cross-site scripting attacks. (CVE-2011-3046, CVE-2011-3056) - An unspecified memory corruption error exists that can allow malicious sites to crash the application or potentially execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2012-0672) - A state-tracking issue exists that can allow malicious sites to populate HTML form values of other sites with arbitrary data. (CVE-2012-0676)
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id59068
    published2012-05-10
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/59068
    titleMac OS X : Apple Safari < 5.1.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • NASL familyUbuntu Local Security Checks
    NASL idUBUNTU_USN-1524-1.NASL
    descriptionA large number of security issues were discovered in the WebKit browser and JavaScript engines. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, a remote attacker could exploit a variety of issues related to web browser security, including cross-site scripting attacks, denial of service attacks, and arbitrary code execution. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id61458
    published2012-08-09
    reporterUbuntu Security Notice (C) 2012-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2012-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/61458
    titleUbuntu 12.04 LTS : webkit vulnerabilities (USN-1524-1)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2012-165.NASL
    descriptionChanges in chromium : - Update to 19.0.1066 - Fixed Chrome install/update resets Google search preferences (Issue: 105390) - Don
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2014-06-13
    plugin id74570
    published2014-06-13
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/74570
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : chromium / v8 (openSUSE-SU-2012:0374-1)
  • NASL familyGentoo Local Security Checks
    NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-201203-19.NASL
    descriptionThe remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201203-19 (Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Chromium. Please review the CVE identifiers and release notes referenced below for details. Impact : A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted web site using Chromium, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, a Denial of Service condition, Universal Cross-Site Scripting, or installation of an extension without user interaction. A remote attacker could also entice a user to install a specially crafted extension that would interfere with browser-issued web requests. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id59611
    published2012-06-21
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/59611
    titleGLSA-201203-19 : Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities

Oval

accepted2013-08-12T04:06:23.841-04:00
classvulnerability
contributors
  • nameShane Shaffer
    organizationG2, Inc.
  • nameShane Shaffer
    organizationG2, Inc.
  • nameShane Shaffer
    organizationG2, Inc.
  • nameMaria Kedovskaya
    organizationALTX-SOFT
definition_extensions
commentGoogle Chrome is installed
ovaloval:org.mitre.oval:def:11914
descriptionThe extension subsystem in Google Chrome before 17.0.963.78 does not properly handle history navigation, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging a "Universal XSS (UXSS)" issue.
familywindows
idoval:org.mitre.oval:def:14686
statusaccepted
submitted2012-03-09T14:34:33.178-04:00
titleVulnerability in the extension subsystem in Google Chrome before 17.0.963.78
version45