72200 : Google Chrome Extension Tabs Permission captureVisibleTab Arbitrary Local File Access
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2011-04-27

Time to Patch	Time to Vendor Response
77 days	1 days

Description

Google Chrome contains a flaw as the tabs permission for extensions allows capturing images of local file via the 'captureVisibleTab' method. With a specially crafted Chrome extension (CRX) file, a context-dependent attacker can capture images of any "file://" resource.

Classification

Location: Context Dependent
Attack Type: Information Disclosure
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: Vendor Verified, Coordinated Disclosure

Solution

Upgrade to version 11.0.696.57 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Google, Inc.

Chrome

10.0.648.205

References

OVAL ID: 14586
CVE ID: 2011-1435 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 44375
ISS X-Force ID: 67142
Related OSVDB ID: 72196 72197 72198 72199 72201 72202 72203 72204 72205 72206 72207 72208 72209 72210 72211 72212 72213 72214 72215 72216 72217 72218 72219 72220
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=72523
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/04/chrome-stable-update.html

Credit

Cole Snodgrass

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2011-05-04 | Disagree? | There are 1 more: View All

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