CVE-2016-1671 Information

Description

Google Chrome before 50.0.2661.102 on Android mishandles / (slash) and \ (backslash) characters which allows attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks via a file: URL related to net/base/escape.cc and net/base/filename_util.cc.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Reference

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/05/stable-channel-update.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90584 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035872 https://codereview.chromium.org/1704163003/ https://crbug.com/586657 https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/message/raw?msg=chromium-reviews/UkMGbbnTDW8/A4g-6YkfBAAJ https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-02

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

8.1