CVE-2008-6996 Information

Description

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.

Reference

http://codereview.chromium.org/472/diff/1/2 http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?view=rev&revision=1793 http://www.osvdb.org/48261 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495942/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495951/100/100/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495954/100/100/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495959/100/100/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495987/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496048/100/100/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496049 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31000 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44904 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6355