Vulnerabilities > CVE-2012-2854 - Information Exposure 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 before 21.0.1180.57 on Mac OS X and Linux, and before 21.0.1180.60 on Windows and Chrome Frame, allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information about pointer values by leveraging access to a WebUI renderer process.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Subverting Environment Variable Values The attacker directly or indirectly modifies environment variables used by or controlling the target software. The attacker's goal is to cause the target software to deviate from its expected operation in a manner that benefits the attacker.
- Footprinting An attacker engages in probing and exploration activity to identify constituents and properties of the target. Footprinting is a general term to describe a variety of information gathering techniques, often used by attackers in preparation for some attack. It consists of using tools to learn as much as possible about the composition, configuration, and security mechanisms of the targeted application, system or network. Information that might be collected during a footprinting effort could include open ports, applications and their versions, network topology, and similar information. While footprinting is not intended to be damaging (although certain activities, such as network scans, can sometimes cause disruptions to vulnerable applications inadvertently) it may often pave the way for more damaging attacks.
- Exploiting Trust in Client (aka Make the Client Invisible) An attack of this type exploits a programs' vulnerabilities in client/server communication channel authentication and data integrity. It leverages the implicit trust a server places in the client, or more importantly, that which the server believes is the client. An attacker executes this type of attack by placing themselves in the communication channel between client and server such that communication directly to the server is possible where the server believes it is communicating only with a valid client. There are numerous variations of this type of attack.
- Browser Fingerprinting An attacker carefully crafts small snippets of Java Script to efficiently detect the type of browser the potential victim is using. Many web-based attacks need prior knowledge of the web browser including the version of browser to ensure successful exploitation of a vulnerability. Having this knowledge allows an attacker to target the victim with attacks that specifically exploit known or zero day weaknesses in the type and version of the browser used by the victim. Automating this process via Java Script as a part of the same delivery system used to exploit the browser is considered more efficient as the attacker can supply a browser fingerprinting method and integrate it with exploit code, all contained in Java Script and in response to the same web page request by the browser.
- Session Credential Falsification through Prediction This attack targets predictable session ID in order to gain privileges. The attacker can predict the session ID used during a transaction to perform spoofing and session hijacking.
Nessus
NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-201208-03.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201208-03 (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, disclosure of sensitive information, or other unspecified impact. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 61542 published 2012-08-15 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/61542 title GLSA-201208-03 : Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201208-03. # # The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2017 Gentoo Foundation, Inc. # and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike # license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(61542); script_version("1.10"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/07/11 17:09:26"); script_cve_id("CVE-2012-2815", "CVE-2012-2817", "CVE-2012-2818", "CVE-2012-2819", "CVE-2012-2820", "CVE-2012-2821", "CVE-2012-2823", "CVE-2012-2824", "CVE-2012-2825", "CVE-2012-2826", "CVE-2012-2829", "CVE-2012-2830", "CVE-2012-2831", "CVE-2012-2834", "CVE-2012-2842", "CVE-2012-2843", "CVE-2012-2846", "CVE-2012-2847", "CVE-2012-2848", "CVE-2012-2849", "CVE-2012-2853", "CVE-2012-2854", "CVE-2012-2857", "CVE-2012-2858", "CVE-2012-2859", "CVE-2012-2860"); script_bugtraq_id(54203, 54386, 54749); script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"201208-03"); script_name(english:"GLSA-201208-03 : Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities"); script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201208-03 (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, disclosure of sensitive information, or other unspecified impact. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time." ); # https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/06/stable-channel-update_26.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?a188005b" ); # https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/07/stable-channel-update.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?5d5db751" ); # https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/07/stable-channel-release.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?e90fa04b" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201208-03" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "All Chromium users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-client/chromium-21.0.1180.57'" ); 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_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:chromium"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2012/08/14"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2012/08/15"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("qpkg.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (qpkg_check(package:"www-client/chromium", unaffected:make_list("ge 21.0.1180.57"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 21.0.1180.57"))) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else { tested = qpkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "Chromium"); }
NASL family Windows NASL id GOOGLE_CHROME_21_0_1180_60.NASL description The version of Google Chrome installed on the remote host is earlier than 21.0.1180.60 and is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities : - Re-prompts are not displayed for excessive downloads. (CVE-2012-2847) - Drag and drop file access restrictions are not restrictive enough. (CVE-2012-2848) - An off-by-one read error exists related to GIF decoding. (CVE-2012-2849) - Various, unspecified errors exist related to PDF processing. (CVE-2012-2850) - Various, unspecified integer overflows exist related to PDF processing. (CVE-2012-2851) - A use-after-free error exists related to object linkage and PDF processing. (CVE-2012-2852) - An error exists related to last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 61381 published 2012-08-01 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/61381 title Google Chrome < 21.0.1180.60 Multiple Vulnerabilities code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(61381); script_version("1.10"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/12/04"); script_cve_id( "CVE-2012-2847", "CVE-2012-2848", "CVE-2012-2849", "CVE-2012-2850", "CVE-2012-2851", "CVE-2012-2852", "CVE-2012-2853", "CVE-2012-2854", "CVE-2012-2855", "CVE-2012-2856", "CVE-2012-2857", "CVE-2012-2858", "CVE-2012-2860" ); script_bugtraq_id(54749); script_name(english:"Google Chrome < 21.0.1180.60 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 21.0.1180.60 and is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities : - Re-prompts are not displayed for excessive downloads. (CVE-2012-2847) - Drag and drop file access restrictions are not restrictive enough. (CVE-2012-2848) - An off-by-one read error exists related to GIF decoding. (CVE-2012-2849) - Various, unspecified errors exist related to PDF processing. (CVE-2012-2850) - Various, unspecified integer overflows exist related to PDF processing. (CVE-2012-2851) - A use-after-free error exists related to object linkage and PDF processing. (CVE-2012-2852) - An error exists related to 'webRequest' and 'Chrome Web Store' interference. (CVE-2012-2853) - Pointer values can be leaked to 'WebUI' renderers. (CVE-2012-2854) - An unspecified use-after-free error exists related to PDF processing. (CVE-2012-2855) - Unspecified out-of-bounds reads exist related to the PDF viewer. (CVE-2012-2856) - A use-after-free error exists related to CSS DOM processing. (CVE-2012-2857) - A buffer overflow exists related to 'WebP' decoding. (CVE-2012-2858) - An out-of-bounds access error exists related to the date picker. (CVE-2012-2860)"); # https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2012/07/stable-channel-release.html script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?f12f62f1"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value: "Upgrade to Google Chrome 21.0.1180.60 or later."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2012-2856"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2012/07/31"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2012/07/31"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2012/08/01"); 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) 2012-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); 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:'21.0.1180.60', severity:SECURITY_HOLE);
NASL family FreeBSD Local Security Checks NASL id FREEBSD_PKG_CE84E136E2F611E1A8CA00262D5ED8EE.NASL description Google Chrome Releases reports : [Linux only] [125225] Medium CVE-2012-2846: Cross-process interference in renderers. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (Julien Tinnes). [127522] Low CVE-2012-2847: Missing re-prompt to user upon excessive downloads. Credit to Matt Austin of Aspect Security. [127525] Medium CVE-2012-2848: Overly broad file access granted after drag+drop. Credit to Matt Austin of Aspect Security. [128163] Low CVE-2012-2849: Off-by-one read in GIF decoder. Credit to Atte Kettunen of OUSPG. [130251] [130592] [130611] [131068] [131237] [131252] [131621] [131690] [132860] Medium CVE-2012-2850: Various lower severity issues in the PDF viewer. Credit to Mateusz Jurczyk of Google Security Team, with contributions by Gynvael Coldwind of Google Security Team. [132585] [132694] [132861] High CVE-2012-2851: Integer overflows in PDF viewer. Credit to Mateusz Jurczyk of Google Security Team, with contributions by Gynvael Coldwind of Google Security Team. [134028] High CVE-2012-2852: Use-after-free with bad object linkage in PDF. Credit to Alexey Samsonov of Google. [134101] Medium CVE-2012-2853: webRequest can interfere with the Chrome Web Store. Credit to Trev of Adblock. [134519] Low CVE-2012-2854: Leak of pointer values to WebUI renderers. Credit to Nasko Oskov of the Chromium development community. [134888] High CVE-2012-2855: Use-after-free in PDF viewer. Credit to Mateusz Jurczyk of Google Security Team, with contributions by Gynvael Coldwind of Google Security Team. [134954] [135264] High CVE-2012-2856: Out-of-bounds writes in PDF viewer. Credit to Mateusz Jurczyk of Google Security Team, with contributions by Gynvael Coldwind of Google Security Team. [136235] High CVE-2012-2857: Use-after-free in CSS DOM. Credit to Arthur Gerkis. [136894] High CVE-2012-2858: Buffer overflow in WebP decoder. Credit to Juri Aedla. [Linux only] [137541] Critical CVE-2012-2859: Crash in tab handling. Credit to Jeff Roberts of Google Security Team. [137671] Medium CVE-2012-2860: Out-of-bounds access when clicking in date picker. Credit to Chamal de Silva. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 61505 published 2012-08-13 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2013 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/61505 title FreeBSD : chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (ce84e136-e2f6-11e1-a8ca-00262d5ed8ee)
Oval
accepted | 2013-08-12T04:07:54.737-04:00 | ||||||||||||
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description | Google Chrome before 21.0.1180.57 on Mac OS X and Linux, and before 21.0.1180.60 on Windows and Chrome Frame, allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information about pointer values by leveraging access to a WebUI renderer process. | ||||||||||||
family | windows | ||||||||||||
id | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15698 | ||||||||||||
status | accepted | ||||||||||||
submitted | 2012-08-07T08:15:36.262-04:00 | ||||||||||||
title | Google Chrome before 21.0.1180.57 on Mac OS X and Linux, and before 21.0.1180.60 on Windows and Chrome Frame, allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information about pointer values by leveraging access to a WebUI renderer process | ||||||||||||
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