Vulnerabilities > CVE-2012-1846 - Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere vulnerability in Google Chrome
Attack vector
UNKNOWN Attack complexity
UNKNOWN Privileges required
UNKNOWN Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN Integrity impact
UNKNOWN Availability impact
UNKNOWN Summary
Google Chrome 17.0.963.66 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass the sandbox protection mechanism by leveraging access to a sandboxed process, as demonstrated by VUPEN during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2012. NOTE: the primary affected product may be clarified later; it was not identified by the researcher, who reportedly stated "it really doesn't matter if it's third-party code."
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Oval
accepted | 2013-08-12T04:06:59.806-04:00 | ||||||||||||||||
class | vulnerability | ||||||||||||||||
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description | Google Chrome 17.0.963.66 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass the sandbox protection mechanism by leveraging access to a sandboxed process, as demonstrated by VUPEN during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2012. NOTE: the primary affected product may be clarified later; it was not identified by the researcher, who reportedly stated "it really doesn't matter if it's third-party code." | ||||||||||||||||
family | windows | ||||||||||||||||
id | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14940 | ||||||||||||||||
status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||
submitted | 2012-03-23T14:34:33.178-04:00 | ||||||||||||||||
title | Google Chrome 17.0.963.66 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass the sandbox protection mechanism by leveraging access to a sandboxed process | ||||||||||||||||
version | 46 |
References
- http://pwn2own.zerodayinitiative.com/status.html
- http://pwn2own.zerodayinitiative.com/status.html
- http://twitter.com/vupen/statuses/177576000761237505
- http://twitter.com/vupen/statuses/177576000761237505
- http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2012/03/21/meet-the-hackers-who-sell-spies-the-tools-to-crack-your-pc-and-get-paid-six-figure-fees/
- http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2012/03/21/meet-the-hackers-who-sell-spies-the-tools-to-crack-your-pc-and-get-paid-six-figure-fees/
- http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/pwn2own-2012-google-chrome-browser-sandbox-first-to-fall/10588
- http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/pwn2own-2012-google-chrome-browser-sandbox-first-to-fall/10588
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74324
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74324
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14940
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14940