CVE-2015-6779 (GCVE-0-2015-6779)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-12-06 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 07:29
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
PDFium, as used in Google Chrome before 47.0.2526.73, does not properly restrict use of chrome: URLs, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended scheme restrictions via a crafted PDF document, as demonstrated by a document with a link to a chrome://settings URL.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
9 references
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|---|---|
| http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/12/… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://codereview.chromium.org/1362433002 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
| https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-09 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78416 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3415 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034298 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK |
Date Public
2015-12-01 00:00
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