CVE-2017-5020

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 6.1
Description
Google Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Linux, Windows and Mac, and 56.0.2924.87 for Android, failed to require a user gesture for powerful download operations, which allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-5020
  • Assigner
  • cve-coordination@google.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2017-02-17T07:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-01-05T02:31:40
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-79 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 55.0.2883.87
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • CHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • LOW
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 6.1
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 2.7
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://crbug.com/668653 Permissions Required
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95792
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-66
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037718
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3776
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0206.html
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5020
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5020
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:51:35 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 14:01:35 security@google.com cve-coordination@google.com CVE Assigner updated
2022-12-02 14:01:35 2017-02-17T07:59Z 2017-02-17T07:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 14:01:35 2018-01-05T02:31:40 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 14:01:35 Modified Vulnerability Status updated