CVE-2016-1671 (GCVE-0-2016-1671)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-05-14 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 23:02
VLAI
Summary
Google Chrome before 50.0.2661.102 on Android mishandles / (slash) and \ (backslash) characters, which allows attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks via a file: URL, related to net/base/escape.cc and net/base/filename_util.cc.
Severity
8.1 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90584 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035872 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
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http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/05/… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://codereview.chromium.org/1704163003/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-02 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Date Public
2016-02-17 00:00
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  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.



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