Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Novell Opensuse

1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

EUVDB-ID: #VU43069

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.4 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2013-0885

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Exploit availability: No

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

External links

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

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.