Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Google Chrome - CVE-2013-6660
Published: February 24, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42016
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-6660
CWE-ID: CWE-264
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 gain access to sensitive information.
The drag-and-drop implementation in Google Chrome before 33.0.1750.117 does not properly restrict the information in WebDropData data structures, which allows remote attackers to discover full pathnames via a crafted web site.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-6660
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2014/02/stable-channel-update_20.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00006.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2883
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=332579
- https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?revision=244538&view=revision