Command injection in Google Chrome - CVE-2017-5078

Vulnerability identifier: #VU6964

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5078

CWE-ID: CWE-77

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary command on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to command injection flaw in the mailto handling component. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page containing malicious commands, trick the victim into visiting it and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

Google Chrome
Arch Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Fedora
Opensuse
qt5-qtwebengine
chromium-native_client
chromium

Update to version 59.0.3071.86.

Google Chrome - update to 59.0.3071.86
qt5-qtwebengine - addressed in versions 5.9.1-1.fc25, 5.9.1-1.fc26
chromium-native_client - addressed in versions 59.0.3071.86-1.20170607gitaac1de2.fc24, 59.0.3071.86-1.20170607gitaac1de2.fc25, 59.0.3071.86-1.20170607gitaac1de2.fc26
chromium - addressed in versions 59.0.3071.86-3.el7, 59.0.3071.104-1.el7

• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html?utm_source=feed...
• https://security.archlinux.org/advisory/ASA-201706-8

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
• openSUSE update for chromium
• Arch Linux update for qt5-webengine
• Arch Linux update for chromium
• OpenSUSE Linux update for chromium
• Red Hat update for chromium-browser
• Fedora EPEL 7 update for chromium
• Fedora 24 update for chromium-native_client
• Fedora 25 update for chromium-native_client
• Fedora 26 update for chromium-native_client
• Fedora EPEL 7 update for chromium
• Fedora 26 update for qt5-qtwebengine
• Fedora 25 update for qt5-qtwebengine