Man-in-the-middle attack in Google Chrome - CVE-2017-5120
Published: September 7, 2017 / Updated: June 11, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU8136
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5120
CWE-ID: CWE-300
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 attacker to conduct a man-in-the-middle attack.
The weakness exists due to potential HTTPS downgrade during redirect navigation. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website and use man-in-the-middle techniques to read and modify arbitrary data on the system.
The weakness exists due to potential HTTPS downgrade during redirect navigation. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website and use man-in-the-middle techniques to read and modify arbitrary data on the system.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-5120
Update to version 61.0.