Improper Privilege Management in Google Chrome - CVE-2011-3054
Published: March 22, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU44191
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-3054
CWE-ID: CWE-269
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.
The WebUI privilege implementation in Google Chrome before 17.0.963.83 does not properly perform isolation, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via unspecified vectors.
Affected software
Google Chrome
Gentoo Linux
Gentoo Linux
How to mitigate CVE-2011-3054
Install update from vendor's website.
Google Chrome - update to 17.0.963.83
External References
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=117418
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/03/stable-channel-update_21.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00000.html
- http://osvdb.org/80292
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48512
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48527
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-19.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52674
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026841
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74214
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15028