Vulnerabilities > CVE-2012-5376 - Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in Google Chrome

047910
CVSS 9.6 - CRITICAL
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
HIGH
network
low complexity
google
CWE-269
critical
nessus
NVD
Published: 2012-10-11
Updated: 2024-11-21

Summary

The Inter-process Communication (IPC) implementation in Google Chrome before 22.0.1229.94 allows remote attackers to bypass intended sandbox restrictions and write to arbitrary files by leveraging access to a renderer process, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-5112.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Google
2461

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Restful Privilege Elevation
    Rest uses standard HTTP (Get, Put, Delete) style permissions methods, but these are not necessarily correlated generally with back end programs. Strict interpretation of HTTP get methods means that these HTTP Get services should not be used to delete information on the server, but there is no access control mechanism to back up this logic. This means that unless the services are properly ACL'd and the application's service implementation are following these guidelines then an HTTP request can easily execute a delete or update on the server side. The attacker identifies a HTTP Get URL such as http://victimsite/updateOrder, which calls out to a program to update orders on a database or other resource. The URL is not idempotent so the request can be submitted multiple times by the attacker, additionally, the attacker may be able to exploit the URL published as a Get method that actually performs updates (instead of merely retrieving data). This may result in malicious or inadvertent altering of data on the server.

Nessus

NASL familyGentoo Local Security Checks
NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-201210-07.NASL
descriptionThe remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201210-07 (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, arbitrary file write, a Denial of Service condition, Cross-Site Scripting in SSL interstitial and various Universal Cross-Site Scripting attacks. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id62652
published2012-10-22
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/62652
titleGLSA-201210-07 : 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 201210-07.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2019 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(62652);
  script_version("1.9");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/11/12");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2012-2859", "CVE-2012-2860", "CVE-2012-2865", "CVE-2012-2866", "CVE-2012-2867", "CVE-2012-2868", "CVE-2012-2869", "CVE-2012-2872", "CVE-2012-2874", "CVE-2012-2876", "CVE-2012-2877", "CVE-2012-2878", "CVE-2012-2879", "CVE-2012-2880", "CVE-2012-2881", "CVE-2012-2882", "CVE-2012-2883", "CVE-2012-2884", "CVE-2012-2885", "CVE-2012-2886", "CVE-2012-2887", "CVE-2012-2888", "CVE-2012-2889", "CVE-2012-2891", "CVE-2012-2892", "CVE-2012-2894", "CVE-2012-2896", "CVE-2012-2900", "CVE-2012-5108", "CVE-2012-5110", "CVE-2012-5111", "CVE-2012-5112", "CVE-2012-5376");
  script_bugtraq_id(54749, 55331, 55676, 55830, 55867);
  script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"201210-07");

  script_name(english:"GLSA-201210-07 : 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-201210-07
(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, arbitrary file write, a Denial
      of Service condition, Cross-Site Scripting in SSL interstitial and
      various Universal Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
  
Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time."
  );
  # https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/08/stable-channel-update_30.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?33992dc2"
  );
  # https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/09/stable-channel-update_25.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?d441b099"
  );
  # https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/10/stable-channel-update.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?e31d78d1"
  );
  # https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/10/stable-channel-update_6105.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?359ba3a4"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201210-07"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"All Chromium users should upgrade to the latest version:
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
      '>=www-client/chromium-22.0.1229.94'"
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/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:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2012/08/06");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2012/10/21");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2012/10/22");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  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 22.0.1229.94"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 22.0.1229.94"))) 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");
}

Oval

accepted2013-08-12T04:07:18.175-04:00
classvulnerability
contributors
  • nameShane Shaffer
    organizationG2, Inc.
  • nameMaria Kedovskaya
    organizationALTX-SOFT
definition_extensions
commentGoogle Chrome is installed
ovaloval:org.mitre.oval:def:11914
descriptionThe Inter-process Communication (IPC) implementation in Google Chrome before 22.0.1229.94 allows remote attackers to bypass intended sandbox restrictions and write to arbitrary files by leveraging access to a renderer process, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-5112.
familywindows
idoval:org.mitre.oval:def:15156
statusaccepted
submitted2012-10-11T14:00:26.230-04:00
titleVulnerability in the Inter-process Communication (IPC) implementation in Google Chrome before 22.0.1229.94
version42

References