Improper Privilege Management in Google Chrome - CVE-2012-5376
Published: October 11, 2012 / Updated: July 19, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU31497
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-5376
CWE-ID: CWE-269
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Google
Affected software:
Google Chrome
Google Chrome
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
The Inter-process Communication (IPC) implementation in Google Chrome before 22.0.1229.94 allows remote attackers to bypass intended sandbox restrictions and write to arbitrary files by leveraging access to a renderer process, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-5112.
How to mitigate CVE-2012-5376
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://blog.chromium.org/2012/10/pwnium-2-results-and-wrap-up_10.html
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=154983
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=154987
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/10/stable-channel-update_6105.html
- http://osvdb.org/86156
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50954
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79186
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15156