FKIE_CVE-2016-1671

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-05-14 21:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:42
Severity
8.1 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
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.
References
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttp://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/05/stable-channel-update.html
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90584
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035872
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttps://codereview.chromium.org/1704163003/
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttps://crbug.com/586657
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttps://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/message/raw?msg=chromium-reviews/UkMGbbnTDW8/A4g-6YkfBAAJ
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-02
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/05/stable-channel-update.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90584
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035872
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://codereview.chromium.org/1704163003/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://crbug.com/586657
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/message/raw?msg=chromium-reviews/UkMGbbnTDW8/A4g-6YkfBAAJ
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-02
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
google chrome *
google android *
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      "value": "Google Chrome en versiones anteriores a 50.0.2661.102 en Android no maneja correctamente los caracteres / (barra) y \\ (barra invertida), lo que permite a atacantes llevar a cabo ataques de salto de directorio a trav\u00e9s de una URL file:, relacionado con net/base/escape.cc y net/base/filename_util.cc."
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