Multiple vulnerabilities in Techland Chrome

Published: 2011-12-07 | Updated: 2020-08-11

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2010-5069 CVE-2010-5073
CWE-ID	CWE-200 CWE-264
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software Subscribe	Google Chrome Client/Desktop applications / Web browsers
Vendor	Google

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU44472

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2010-5069

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Information exposure

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) implementation in Google Chrome 4 does not properly handle the :visited pseudo-class, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information about visited web pages via a crafted HTML document. NOTE: this may overlap CVE-2010-2264.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Google Chrome: 4.0.212.0 - 4.1.249.1064

CPE2.3

External links

http://w2spconf.com/2010/papers/p26.pdf
http://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14253

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

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

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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

2) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

EUVDB-ID: #VU44473