Information disclosure in Google Chrome - CVE-2012-2815
Published: June 27, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU43945
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-2012-2815
CWE-ID: CWE-200
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.
Google Chrome before 20.0.1132.43 allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information from a fragment identifier by leveraging access to an IFRAME element associated with a different domain.
How to mitigate CVE-2012-2815
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=118633
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/06/stable-channel-update_26.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Jul/msg00000.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00003.html
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5400
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5503
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15075728
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15662