Cross-site scripting in Opensuse and Google Chrome - CVE-2012-2872
Published: August 31, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU43642
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-2872
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: SUSE
Google
Affected software:
Opensuse
Google Chrome
Opensuse
Google Chrome
Detailed vulnerability description
Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.
The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in an SSL interstitial page in Google Chrome before 21.0.1180.89. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
How to mitigate CVE-2012-2872
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
Sources
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=142956
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/08/stable-channel-update_30.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00030.html
- http://osvdb.org/85037
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78181
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15853