75537 : Google Chrome Windows Media Player Plugin Infobar Bypass
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
9	697	over 1 year ago	4 months ago	4 times	100%

Timeline

Disclosure Date
2011-09-16

Time to Patch	Time to Vendor Response
405 days	2 days

Description

Google Chrome contains a flaw as it is possible to use Windows Media Player as a container for loading other plugins incl. the Flash ActiveX instead of the NPAPI plugin without displaying an Infobar. With a specially crafted web page, a context-dependent attacker can potentially bypass plugin restrictions incl. the Flash sandbox.

Classification

Location: Context Dependent
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: Vendor Verified, Coordinated Disclosure
OSVDB: Vuln Dependent, Web Related

Solution

Upgrade to version 14.0.835.163 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

13.0.782.220

References

OVAL ID: 13966
CVE ID: 2011-2836 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 46049 46260
ISS X-Force ID: 69863
Related OSVDB ID: 75536 75538 75539 75540 75541 75542 75543 75544 75545 75546 75547 75548 75549 75550 75551 75552 75553 75554 75555 75556 75557 75558 75559 75560 75561 75562 75563 75564 75565 75566 75567
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=51464
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/09/stable-channel-update_16.html
http://www.srware.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=2659

Credit

electronixtar

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2011-09-19 | Disagree? | There are 1 more: View All

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