Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-1698 - Information Exposure vulnerability in multiple products

047910
CVSS 6.5 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
NONE
network
low complexity
debian
redhat
suse
opensuse
google
CWE-200
nessus

Summary

The createCustomType function in extensions/renderer/resources/binding.js in the extension bindings in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.79 does not validate module types, which might allow attackers to load arbitrary modules or obtain sensitive information by leveraging a poisoned definition.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Debian
1
OS
Redhat
3
OS
Suse
1
OS
Opensuse
2
Application
Google
3761

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 familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-3594.NASL
    descriptionSeveral vulnerabilities have been discovered in the chromium web browser. - CVE-2016-1696 A cross-origin bypass was found in the bindings to extensions. - CVE-2016-1697 Mariusz Mlynski discovered a cross-origin bypass in Blink/Webkit. - CVE-2016-1698 Rob Wu discovered an information leak. - CVE-2016-1699 Gregory Panakkal discovered an issue in the Developer Tools feature. - CVE-2016-1700 Rob Wu discovered a use-after-free issue in extensions. - CVE-2016-1701 Rob Wu discovered a use-after-free issue in the autofill feature. - CVE-2016-1702 cloudfuzzer discovered an out-of-bounds read issue in the skia library.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id91473
    published2016-06-06
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/91473
    titleDebian DSA-3594-1 : chromium-browser - security update
  • NASL familyWindows
    NASL idGOOGLE_CHROME_51_0_2704_79.NASL
    descriptionThe version of Google Chrome installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 51.0.2704.79. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - A cross-origin bypass issue exists in Extension bindings. No other details are available. (CVE-2016-1696) - A cross-origin bypass issue exists in Blink. No other details are available. (CVE-2016-1697) - An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Extension bindings. No other details are available. (CVE-2016-1698) - A flaw exists in DevTools due to a failure to sanitize a parameter. No other details are available. (CVE-2016-1699) - A use-after-free error exists in Extensions. No other details are available. (CVE-2016-1700) - A use-after-free error exists in Autofill. No other details are available. (CVE-2016-1701) - An out-of-bounds read error exists in Skia. No other details are available. (CVE-2016-1702) - Multiple unspecified issues exists that were found by internal auditing, fuzzing, etc. No other details are available. (CVE-2016-1703)
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id91455
    published2016-06-03
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/91455
    titleGoogle Chrome < 51.0.2704.79 Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2016-1489.NASL
    descriptionChromium was updated to 51.0.2704.79 to fix a number of security issues. [boo#982719] - CVE-2016-1696: Cross-origin bypass in Extension bindings - CVE-2016-1697: Cross-origin bypass in Blink - CVE-2016-1698: Information leak in Extension bindings - CVE-2016-1699: Parameter sanitization failure in DevTools - CVE-2016-1700: Use-after-free in Extensions - CVE-2016-1701: Use-after-free in Autofill - CVE-2016-1702: Out-of-bounds read in Skia - CVE-2016-1703: Various fixes from internal audits, fuzzing and other initiatives
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2016-06-07
    plugin id91492
    published2016-06-07
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/91492
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : Chromium (openSUSE-2016-1489)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2016-682.NASL
    descriptionChromium was updated to 51.0.2704.79 to fix the following vulnerabilities : - CVE-2016-1696: Cross-origin bypass in Extension bindings - CVE-2016-1697: Cross-origin bypass in Blink - CVE-2016-1698: Information leak in Extension bindings - CVE-2016-1699: Parameter sanitization failure in DevTools - CVE-2016-1700: Use-after-free in Extensions - CVE-2016-1701: Use-after-free in Autofill - CVE-2016-1702: Out-of-bounds read in Skia - CVE-2016-1703: Various fixes from internal audits, fuzzing and other initiatives Also includes vulnerabilities fixed in 51.0.2704.63 (boo#981886) : - CVE-2016-1672: Cross-origin bypass in extension bindings - CVE-2016-1673: Cross-origin bypass in Blink - CVE-2016-1674: Cross-origin bypass in extensions - CVE-2016-1675: Cross-origin bypass in Blink - CVE-2016-1676: Cross-origin bypass in extension bindings - CVE-2016-1677: Type confusion in V8 - CVE-2016-1678: Heap overflow in V8 - CVE-2016-1679: Heap use-after-free in V8 bindings - CVE-2016-1680: Heap use-after-free in Skia - CVE-2016-1681: Heap overflow in PDFium - CVE-2016-1682: CSP bypass for ServiceWorker - CVE-2016-1683: Out-of-bounds access in libxslt - CVE-2016-1684: Integer overflow in libxslt - CVE-2016-1685: Out-of-bounds read in PDFium - CVE-2016-1686: Out-of-bounds read in PDFium - CVE-2016-1687: Information leak in extensions - CVE-2016-1688: Out-of-bounds read in V8 - CVE-2016-1689: Heap buffer overflow in media - CVE-2016-1690: Heap use-after-free in Autofill - CVE-2016-1691: Heap buffer-overflow in Skia - CVE-2016-1692: Limited cross-origin bypass in ServiceWorker - CVE-2016-1693: HTTP Download of Software Removal Tool - CVE-2016-1694: HPKP pins removed on cache clearance - CVE-2016-1695: Various fixes from internal audits, fuzzing and other initiatives
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2016-06-06
    plugin id91485
    published2016-06-06
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/91485
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : Chromium (openSUSE-2016-682)
  • NASL familyRed Hat Local Security Checks
    NASL idREDHAT-RHSA-2016-1201.NASL
    descriptionAn update for chromium-browser is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. Chromium is an open source web browser, powered by WebKit (Blink). This update upgrades Chromium to version 51.0.2704.79. Security Fix(es) : * Multiple flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A web page containing malicious content could cause Chromium to crash, execute arbitrary code, or disclose sensitive information when visited by the victim. (CVE-2016-1696, CVE-2016-1697, CVE-2016-1703, CVE-2016-1698, CVE-2016-1699, CVE-2016-1700, CVE-2016-1701, CVE-2016-1702)
    last seen2020-05-31
    modified2016-06-03
    plugin id91449
    published2016-06-03
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/91449
    titleRHEL 6 : chromium-browser (RHSA-2016:1201)
  • NASL familyMacOS X Local Security Checks
    NASL idMACOSX_GOOGLE_CHROME_51_0_2704_79.NASL
    descriptionThe version of Google Chrome installed on the remote Mac OS X host is prior to 51.0.2704.79. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - A cross-origin bypass issue exists in Extension bindings. No other details are available. (CVE-2016-1696) - A cross-origin bypass issue exists in Blink. No other details are available. (CVE-2016-1697) - An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Extension bindings. No other details are available. (CVE-2016-1698) - A flaw exists in DevTools due to a failure to sanitize a parameter. No other details are available. (CVE-2016-1699) - A use-after-free error exists in Extensions. No other details are available. (CVE-2016-1700) - A use-after-free error exists in Autofill. No other details are available. (CVE-2016-1701) - An out-of-bounds read error exists in Skia. No other details are available. (CVE-2016-1702) - Multiple unspecified issues exists that were found by internal auditing, fuzzing, etc. No other details are available. (CVE-2016-1703)
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id91456
    published2016-06-03
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/91456
    titleGoogle Chrome < 51.0.2704.79 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)
  • NASL familyFreeBSD Local Security Checks
    NASL idFREEBSD_PKG_C039A7612C2911E689123065EC8FD3EC.NASL
    descriptionGoogle Chrome Releases reports : 15 security fixes in this release, including : - 601073] High CVE-2016-1696: Cross-origin bypass in Extension bindings. Credit to anonymous. - [613266] High CVE-2016-1697: Cross-origin bypass in Blink. Credit to Mariusz Mlynski. - [603725] Medium CVE-2016-1698: Information leak in Extension bindings. Credit to Rob Wu. - [607939] Medium CVE-2016-1699: Parameter sanitization failure in DevTools. Credit to Gregory Panakkal. - [608104] Medium CVE-2016-1700: Use-after-free in Extensions. Credit to Rob Wu. - [608101] Medium CVE-2016-1701: Use-after-free in Autofill. Credit to Rob Wu. - [609260] Medium CVE-2016-1702: Out-of-bounds read in Skia. Credit to cloudfuzzer. - [616539] CVE-2016-1703: Various fixes from internal audits, fuzzing and other initiatives.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id91491
    published2016-06-07
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/91491
    titleFreeBSD : chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (c039a761-2c29-11e6-8912-3065ec8fd3ec)

Redhat

advisories
rhsa
idRHSA-2016:1201
rpms
  • chromium-browser-0:51.0.2704.79-1.el6
  • chromium-browser-debuginfo-0:51.0.2704.79-1.el6