Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Google Chrome - CVE-2011-2862
Published: September 19, 2011 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU44723
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-2862
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 read and manipulate data.
Google V8, as used in Google Chrome before 14.0.835.163, does not properly restrict access to built-in objects, which has unspecified impact and remote attack vectors.
How to mitigate CVE-2011-2862
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=93906
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/09/stable-channel-update_16.html
- http://osvdb.org/75564
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69889
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14431