CVE-2009-3931 Information

Description

Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in browser/download/download_exe.cc in Google Chrome before 3.0.195.32 allows remote attackers to force the download of certain dangerous files via a \Content-Disposition: attachment\ designation as demonstrated by (1) .mht and (2) .mhtml files which are automatically executed by Internet Explorer 6; (3) .svg files which are automatically executed by Safari; (4) .xml files; (5) .htt files; (6) .xsl files; (7) .xslt files; and (8) image files that are forbidden by the victim’s site policy.

Reference

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=23979 http://codereview.chromium.org/243115 http://codereview.chromium.org/261022 http://codereview.chromium.org/download/issue243115_2002.diff http://codereview.chromium.org/download/issue261022_1.diff http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2009/11/stable-channel-update.html http://secunia.com/advisories/37273 http://securethoughts.com/2009/11/using-blended-browser-threats-involving-chrome-to-steal-files-on-your-computer/ http://www.osvdb.org/59742 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507713 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36947 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3159 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54171