PT-2017-16290 · Google+4 · Google Chrome+4

Published 2017-06-05 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2017-5081

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

3.3

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Google Chrome versions prior to 59.0.3071.86 for Mac, Windows, and Linux Google Chrome versions prior to 59.0.3071.92 for Android

Description The issue is related to a lack of verification of an extension's locale folder in Google Chrome, which allowed an attacker with local write access to modify extensions by modifying extension files. This could potentially lead to unauthorized changes to the extension's behavior.

Recommendations For Google Chrome versions prior to 59.0.3071.86 for Mac, Windows, and Linux, update to version 59.0.3071.86 or later. For Google Chrome versions prior to 59.0.3071.92 for Android, update to version 59.0.3071.92 or later.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-1713

CVE-2017-5081

MGASA-2017-0317

OPENSUSE-SU-2017:1501-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2017:1502-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2017_1502-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10681-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1

RHSA-2017:1399

RHSA-2017_1399

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Google Chrome

Opera

Red Hat

Suse

References · 2340

• 🔥 https://crbug.com/672008 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2017:1501-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5081 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5081 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2017:1502-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2017-0317 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10681-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5081 · Vendor Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1399 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-20 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0317.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-5081 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5081 · Security Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-21192 · Note