Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-5176 - Improper Access Control vulnerability in Google Chrome

047910
CVSS 6.5 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
NONE
network
low complexity
google
CWE-284
nessus

Summary

Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.113 allows remote attackers to bypass the SafeBrowsing protection mechanism via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Google
3767

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • 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.
  • Signature Spoofing by Key Theft
    An attacker obtains an authoritative or reputable signer's private signature key by theft and then uses this key to forge signatures from the original signer to mislead a victim into performing actions that benefit the attacker.

Nessus

  • NASL familyWindows
    NASL idGOOGLE_CHROME_53_0_2785_113.NASL
    descriptionThe version of Google Chrome installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 53.0.2785.113. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - A use-after-free error exists in the file bindings/modules/v8/V8BindingForModules.cpp that allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-5170) - A use-after-free error exists in Blink that is related to window constructors being callable. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-5171) - An arbitrary memory read error exists in V8 that allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to disclose sensitive memory information. (CVE-2016-5172) - A flaw exists due to improper handling of specially crafted web pages. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to load JavaScript extension resources, which may then be used to perform unauthorized actions. (CVE-2016-5173) - A flaw exists that is triggered when in fullscreen mode, in file ui/cocoa/browser_window_controller_private.mm, that results in a failure to suppress popups. (CVE-2016-5174) - An unspecified flaw exists that allows an attacker to impact confidentiality, integrity, and availability. (CVE-2016-5175) - A flaw exists due to improper handling of IPC messages for dead routing IDs. An authenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-5175) - An unspecified flaw exists that allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass the SafeBrowsing protection mechanism. (CVE-2016-5176) Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id93476
    published2016-09-14
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/93476
    titleGoogle Chrome < 53.0.2785.113 Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • NASL familyRed Hat Local Security Checks
    NASL idREDHAT-RHSA-2016-1905.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 53.0.2785.113. 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-2016-5170, CVE-2016-5171, CVE-2016-5175, CVE-2016-5172, CVE-2016-5173, CVE-2016-5174)
    last seen2020-05-31
    modified2016-09-19
    plugin id93586
    published2016-09-19
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/93586
    titleRHEL 6 : chromium-browser (RHSA-2016:1905)
  • NASL familyMacOS X Local Security Checks
    NASL idMACOSX_GOOGLE_CHROME_53_0_2785_113.NASL
    descriptionThe version of Google Chrome installed on the remote Mac OS X host is prior to 53.0.2785.113. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - A use-after-free error exists in the file bindings/modules/v8/V8BindingForModules.cpp that allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-5170) - A use-after-free error exists in Blink that is related to window constructors being callable. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-5171) - An arbitrary memory read error exists in V8 that allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to disclose sensitive memory information. (CVE-2016-5172) - A flaw exists due to improper handling of specially crafted web pages. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to load JavaScript extension resources, which may then be used to perform unauthorized actions. (CVE-2016-5173) - A flaw exists that is triggered when in fullscreen mode, in file ui/cocoa/browser_window_controller_private.mm, that results in a failure to suppress popups. (CVE-2016-5174) - An unspecified flaw exists that allows an attacker to impact confidentiality, integrity, and availability. (CVE-2016-5175) - A flaw exists due to improper handling of IPC messages for dead routing IDs. An authenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-5175) - An unspecified flaw exists that allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass the SafeBrowsing protection mechanism. (CVE-2016-5176) Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id93477
    published2016-09-14
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/93477
    titleGoogle Chrome < 53.0.2785.113 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)

Redhat

advisories
rhsa
idRHSA-2016:1905
rpms
  • chromium-browser-0:53.0.2785.113-1.el6
  • chromium-browser-debuginfo-0:53.0.2785.113-1.el6