#VU43069 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Opensuse - CVE-2013-0885

Vulnerability identifier: #VU43069

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [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-2013-0885

CWE-ID: CWE-264

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Opensuse
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

Vendor: SUSE

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

Google Chrome before 25.0.1364.97 on Windows and Linux, and before 25.0.1364.99 on Mac OS X, does not properly restrict API privileges during interaction with the Chrome Web Store, which has unspecified impact and attack vectors.

Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Opensuse: 12.1 - 12.2

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External links
https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2013/02/stable-channel-update_21.html
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00045.html
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=172369
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16255

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.