CVE-2012-1846

CVSS V2 High 10 CVSS V3 None

Description

Google Chrome 17.0.963.66 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass the sandbox protection mechanism by leveraging access to a sandboxed process, as demonstrated by VUPEN during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2012. NOTE: the primary affected product may be clarified later; it was not identified by the researcher, who reportedly stated "it really doesn't matter if it's third-party code."

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2012-1846

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2012-03-22T16:55:02

Last Modified Date
2020-04-16T15:27:25

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-668	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/668.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome::::::::	1	OR		17.0.963.66

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE

Integrity Impact
COMPLETE

Availability Impact
COMPLETE

Base Score
10

Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
10

Impact Score
10

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
http://pwn2own.zerodayinitiative.com/status.html	Not Applicable
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/pwn2own-2012-google-chrome-browser-sandbox-first-to-fall/10588	Press/Media Coverage
http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2012/03/21/meet-the-hackers-who-sell-spies-the-tools-to-crack-your-pc-and-get-paid-six-figure-fees/	Press/Media Coverage
http://twitter.com/vupen/statuses/177576000761237505	Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14940	Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74324	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1846
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-1846

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 16:44:26				Added to TrackCVE