Spoofing attack in Google Chrome - CVE-2017-15420

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Spoofing attack in Google Chrome - CVE-2017-15420

Published: December 7, 2017 / Updated: June 11, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU9582
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-15420
CWE-ID: CWE-843
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.

The vulnerability exists due to URL spoofing in OmniBox. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website and conduct domain spoofing attacks.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in address spoofing.


Affected software

Google Chrome
Arch Linux
Debian Linux
Gentoo Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
SUSE Linux
Fedora
Opensuse
chromium

How to mitigate CVE-2017-15420

Update to version 63.0.3239.84.

Google Chrome - addressed in versions 63.0.3239.84, 64.0.3282.119
chromium - addressed in versions 63.0.3239.108-1.fc26, 63.0.3239.108-1.fc27

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