PT-2016-2166 · Opera+4 · Opera+4

Published 2016-05-25 · Updated 2025-09-29 · CVE-2016-1672

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 ModuleSystem::RequireForJsInner function in the extension bindings, which mishandles properties. This allows remote attackers to conduct bindings-interception attacks and bypass the Same Origin Policy via unspecified vectors.

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

CWE-254

Related Identifiers

ALSA-2025_16880

ALT-PU-2016-2194

BDU:2016-01519

CVE-2016-1672

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-2016-1672 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1672 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-1672 · Vendor Advisory
• 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://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1672 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1672 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01519 · 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
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00005.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1672 · Security Note