National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2015-1211
Original release date: 02/06/2015
Last revised: 02/06/2015
Source: US-CERT/NIST
Overview
The OriginCanAccessServiceWorkers function in content/browser/service_worker/service_worker_dispatcher_host.cc in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.111 on Windows, OS X, and Linux and before 40.0.2214.109 on Android does not properly restrict the URI scheme during a ServiceWorker registration, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a filesystem: URI.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore: 6.4
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type: Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
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External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/02/stable-channel-update.html
Type: Advisory
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://codereview.chromium.org/889323002
Type: Advisory
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/02/chrome-for-android-update.html
Type: Advisory
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=453982
Technical Details
- Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control (CWE-264)
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