Cleartext transmission of sensitive information in Techland Chrome

1) Cleartext transmission of sensitive information

EUVDB-ID: #VU44278

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-2011-3022

CWE-ID: CWE-319 - Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

translate/translate_manager.cc in Google Chrome before 17.0.963.56 and 19.x before 19.0.1036.7 uses an HTTP session to exchange data for translation, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Google Chrome: 19.0.1036.0 - 19.0.1036.6

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:google:google_chrome:19.0.1036.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:google:google_chrome:19.0.1036.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:google:google_chrome:19.0.1036.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=112236
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/02/chrome-stable-update.html
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/02/dev-channel-update_10.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/48016
http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?view=rev&revision=120113
http://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15025

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.