Vulnerability CVE-2016-5217

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2016-5217 (CCN-119337)

Assigned:

2016-12-01

Published:

2016-12-01

Updated:

2018-01-05

Summary:

The extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android incorrectly permitted access to privileged plugins, which allowed a remote attacker to bypass site isolation via a crafted HTML page.

CVSS v3 Severity:

6.5 Medium (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)
5.7 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): High Availibility (A): None

6.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
5.5 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Low Integrity (I): Low Availibility (A): Low

CVSS v2 Severity:

4.3 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Medium Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): None

6.5 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Low Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Partial Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): Partial

Vulnerability Type:

CWE-284

Vulnerability Consequences:

Gain Access

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2016-5217

Source: CCN
Type: RHSA-2016-2919
Important: chromium-browser security update

Source: REDHAT
Type: UNKNOWN
RHSA-2016:2919

Source: BID
Type: UNKNOWN
94633

Source: CCN
Type: BID-94633
Google Chrome Prior to 55.0.2883.75 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

Source: CONFIRM
Type: UNKNOWN
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html

Source: CONFIRM
Type: UNKNOWN
https://crbug.com/654280

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
google-chrome-cve20165217-code-exec(119337)

Source: CCN
Type: Google Chrome Releases Web site
Stable Channel Update for Desktop

Source: GENTOO
Type: UNKNOWN
GLSA-201612-11

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version <= 54.0.2840.99)

Configuration CCN 1:

cpe:/a:google:chrome:55.0.2883.75:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable

Oval Definitions

Definition ID	Class	Title	Last Modified
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:20165217	V	CVE-2016-5217	2022-06-30
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:112065	P	chromedriver-55.0.2883.75-3.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2022-01-17
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:105614	P	chromedriver-55.0.2883.75-3.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-10-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25453	P	Security update for libseccomp (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:24879	P	Security update for openssl-1_1 (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25652	P	Security update for xen (Important)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25162	P	Security update for webkit2gtk3 (Important)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25506	P	Security update for openexr (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:24890	P	Security update for libqt5-qtbase (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:26290	P	Security update for ImageMagick (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25219	P	Security update for java-1_8_0-ibm (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25594	P	Security update for targetcli-fb (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:24954	P	Security update for gstreamer-plugins-base (Important)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:26325	P	Security update for Chromium (Important)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25303	P	Security update for xorg-x11-server (Important)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25608	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:25081	P	Security update for libarchive (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.cisecurity:def:1667	P	DSA-3731-1 -- chromium-browser -- security update	2017-01-27
oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20165217000	V	CVE-2016-5217 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - medium.	2017-01-19
oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20165217000	V	CVE-2016-5217 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.	2017-01-19
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20165217000	V	CVE-2016-5217 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.	2017-01-19
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201652170000000	V	CVE-2016-5217 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.	2017-01-19
oval:org.cisecurity:def:1570	V	The extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Mac, Windows - CVE-2016-5217	2017-01-06

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