PT-2016-6293 · Google+4 · Google Chrome+4

Published 2016-09-13 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2016-5173

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.1

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Google Chrome versions prior to 53.0.2785.113 Opera (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to the extensions subsystem not properly restricting access to Object.prototype, allowing remote attackers to load unintended resources. This can trigger unintended JavaScript function calls and bypass the Same Origin Policy via an indirect interception attack.

Recommendations For Google Chrome versions prior to 53.0.2785.113, update to version 53.0.2785.113 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.

Improper Access Control

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-2194

CVE-2016-5173

DSA-3667-1

MGASA-2016-0309

OPENSUSE-SU-2016:2309-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016:2311-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_2310-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_2311-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10171-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1

RHSA-2016:1905

RHSA-2016_1905

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Google Chrome

Opera

Red Hat

Suse

References · 2362

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2016:2309-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2016-0309 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3667 · Vendor Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1905.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5173 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-5173 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5173 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0309.html · Security Note
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5173 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10171-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3667-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2016:2311-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5173 · Vendor Advisory