Vulnerability in Google Chrome

CVE-2011-1435

Google Chrome before 11.0.696.57 does not properly implement the tabs permission for extensions, which allows remote attackers to read local files via a crafted extension.

Published 2011-05-03 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (64.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 64.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Chrome

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-276 — Incorrect Default Permissions

References

code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail (Exploit, Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/04/chrome-stable-update.html (Vendor Advisory)
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14586 (signature, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67142 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)