PT-2016-3026 · Google+4 · Google Chrome+4

Published 2016-12-01 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2016-5218

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Google Chrome versions prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Mac, Windows and Linux Google Chrome version prior to 55.0.2883.84 for Android

Description The issue arises from the extensions API in Google Chrome incorrectly handling navigation within PDFs. This allows a remote attacker to temporarily spoof the contents of the Omnibox (URL bar) via a crafted HTML page containing PDF data. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input validation, which can be exploited by a remote attacker to manipulate the Omnibox component.

Recommendations For Google Chrome versions prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Mac, Windows and Linux, update to version 55.0.2883.75 or later. For Google Chrome version prior to 55.0.2883.84 for Android, update to version 55.0.2883.84 or later. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the extensions API until a patch is available. Avoid using crafted HTML pages containing PDF data in the affected Google Chrome versions until the issue is resolved.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-2425

BDU:2017-00110

CVE-2016-5218

DSA-3731-1

MGASA-2016-0419

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_3108-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2017:0563-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10171-1

RHSA-2016:2919

RHSA-2016_2919

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Google Chrome

Opera

Red Hat

Suse

References · 740

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2017:0563-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2919.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-5218 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5218 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10171-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0419.html · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5218 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5218 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3731-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5218 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2016-0419 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-11 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-00110 · Security Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1695 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5217 · Note