CVE-2015-1298 (GCVE-0-2015-1298)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-09-03 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 04:40
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The RuntimeEventRouter::OnExtensionUninstalled function in extensions/browser/api/runtime/runtime_api.cc in Google Chrome before 45.0.2454.85 does not ensure that the setUninstallURL preference corresponds to the URL of a web site, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to trigger access to an arbitrary URL via a crafted extension that is uninstalled.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
9 references
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|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-1… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
| http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/09/… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1712.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033472 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK |
| https://codereview.chromium.org/1282263002/ | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-0… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3351 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-09 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
| https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Date Public
2015-09-01 00:00
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