PT-2016-2162 · Opera+4 · Opera+4

Published 2016-05-25 · Updated 2025-09-29 · CVE-2016-1676

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Google Chrome versions prior to 51.0.2704.63 Opera (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to the improper use of prototypes in the extensions/renderer/resources/binding.js component of the extension bindings. This allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy, which is a security mechanism that restricts how a document or script loaded from one origin can interact with a resource from another origin. The estimated number of potentially affected devices and details about real-world incidents where this issue was exploited are not provided.

Recommendations For Google Chrome versions prior to 51.0.2704.63, update to version 51.0.2704.63 or later to resolve the issue. For Opera, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Improper Access Control

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

Related Identifiers

ALSA-2025_16880

ALT-PU-2016-2194

BDU:2016-01515

CVE-2016-1676

DSA-3590-1

MGASA-2016-0214

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_1430-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_1496-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10171-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1

RHSA-2016:1190

RHSA-2016_1190

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Google Chrome

Opera

Red Hat

Suse

References · 2357

• 🔥 https://github.com/Metnew/uxss-db/tree/master/chrome/CVE-2016-1676 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1676 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01515 · Security Note
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1190 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00063.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00062.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1676 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2016-0214 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10171-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3590-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-1676 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00005.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1676 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0214.html · Security Note