PT-2016-3046 · Google+4 · Google Chrome+4

Published 2016-12-01 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2016-5206

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 55.0.2883.75 for Mac, Windows and Linux Google Chrome version prior to 55.0.2883.84 for Android

Description The issue is related to the PDF plugin in Google Chrome, which incorrectly followed redirects. This allowed a remote attacker to bypass the Same Origin Policy via a crafted HTML page. The vulnerability is also related to insufficient access control, which can be exploited by a remote attacker to bypass existing access restrictions.

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.

Fix

Improper Access Control

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-2425

BDU:2017-00145

CVE-2016-5206

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/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5206 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10171-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-5206 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0419.html · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5206 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3731-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5206 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2016-0419 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-11 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-00145 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5206 · Security Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1695 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5217 · Note