Vulnerability in Google Chrome
CVE-2008-6996
Google Chrome BETA (0.2.149.27) does not prompt the user before saving an executable file, which makes it easier for remote attackers or malware to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) or exploit other vulnerabilities via a URL that references an executable file, possibly related to the "ask where to save each file before downloading" setting.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.064 (93.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 93.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.064 · newest: 0.064 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Google Chrome — versions 0.2.149.27
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/31000 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495987/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- codereview.chromium.org/472/diff/1/2 (Exploit)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495942/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495951/100/100/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495959/100/100/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.osvdb.org/48261 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495954/100/100/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6355 (exploit)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496049 (mailing-list)