77038 : Google Chrome JRE7 Applet Permission Weakness
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2011-11-10

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2011-3898" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : Google Chrome before 15.0.874.120, when Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 7 is used, does not request user confirmation before applet execution begins, which allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via a crafted applet.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access, Context Dependent
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Private
Disclosure: Vendor Verified, Coordinated Disclosure
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade to version 15.0.874.120 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

15.0.874.117

References

OVAL ID: 14266
CVE ID: 2011-3898 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 46815 46933
Bugtraq ID: 50642
Related OSVDB ID: 77032 77033 77034 77035 77036 77037
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/11/stable-channel-update.html
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201111-05.xml
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=102461 [ Auth Req'd ]

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2011-11-11 | Disagree?

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