CVE-2016-5206

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 High 8.8
Description
The PDF plugin in Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android incorrectly followed redirects, which allowed a remote attacker to bypass the Same Origin Policy via a crafted HTML page.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-5206
  • Assigner
  • cve-coordination@google.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2017-01-19T05:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-01-05T02:30:58
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-284 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/284.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 54.0.2840.99
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6.8
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 8.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://crbug.com/653749
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94633
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-11
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2919.html
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5206
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5206
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:52:16 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 13:00:39 security@google.com cve-coordination@google.com CVE Assigner updated
2022-12-02 13:00:39 2017-01-19T05:59Z 2017-01-19T05:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 13:00:39 2018-01-05T02:30:58 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 13:00:39 Modified Vulnerability Status updated