4.3
MEDIUM
CVE-2015-1241
Google Chrome Tapjacking Vulnerability
Description

Google Chrome before 42.0.2311.90 does not properly consider the interaction of page navigation with the handling of touch events and gesture events, which allows remote attackers to trigger unintended UI actions via a crafted web site that conducts a "tapjacking" attack.

INFO

Published Date :

April 19, 2015, 10:59 a.m.

Last Modified :

Jan. 26, 2024, 6:56 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2015-1241 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Redhat enterprise_linux_desktop
2 Redhat enterprise_linux_server
3 Redhat enterprise_linux_workstation
4 Redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus
5 Redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus
6 Redhat enterprise_linux_eus
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Google chrome
1 Opensuse opensuse
1 Suse linux_enterprise
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2015-1241.

URL Resource
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/04/stable-channel-update_14.html Release Notes
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00040.html Mitigation Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00024.html Mitigation Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0816.html Third Party Advisory
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2570-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3238 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032209 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=418402 Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://codereview.chromium.org/628763003 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://codereview.chromium.org/660663002 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://codereview.chromium.org/717573004 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://codereview.chromium.org/868123002 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201506-04 Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2015-1241 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2015-1241 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 26, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/04/stable-channel-update_14.html No Types Assigned http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/04/stable-channel-update_14.html Release Notes
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00040.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00040.html Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00024.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00024.html Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0816.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0816.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2570-1 No Types Assigned http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2570-1 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3238 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3238 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032209 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032209 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=418402 No Types Assigned https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=418402 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://codereview.chromium.org/628763003 No Types Assigned https://codereview.chromium.org/628763003 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://codereview.chromium.org/660663002 No Types Assigned https://codereview.chromium.org/660663002 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://codereview.chromium.org/717573004 No Types Assigned https://codereview.chromium.org/717573004 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://codereview.chromium.org/868123002 No Types Assigned https://codereview.chromium.org/868123002 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201506-04 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201506-04 Third Party Advisory
    Removed CWE NIST CWE-20
    Added CWE NIST CWE-1021
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 42.0.2311.60 OR *cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 42.0.2311.90
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Chrome http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0816.html [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome https://codereview.chromium.org/660663002 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2570-1 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome https://codereview.chromium.org/717573004 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3238 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00024.html [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201506-04 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032209 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome https://codereview.chromium.org/868123002 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome https://codereview.chromium.org/628763003 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00040.html [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/04/stable-channel-update_14.html [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=418402 [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference Google Inc. https://codereview.chromium.org/660663002
    Removed Reference Google Inc. https://codereview.chromium.org/868123002
    Removed Reference Google Inc. https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=418402
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/04/stable-channel-update_14.html
    Removed Reference Google Inc. https://codereview.chromium.org/717573004
    Removed Reference Google Inc. https://codereview.chromium.org/628763003
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2570-1
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3238
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032209
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00024.html
    Removed Reference Google Inc. https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201506-04
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0816.html
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00040.html
  • CVE Source Update by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Source Google Inc. Chrome
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 03, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0816.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00040.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 22, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201506-04 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 07, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00024.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 15, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:42.0.2311.60:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:42.0.2311.60:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 3 OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 12, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3238
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032209
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 01, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2570-1
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 20, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:42.0.2311.60:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Changed Reference Type http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/04/stable-channel-update_14.html No Types Assigned http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/04/stable-channel-update_14.html Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-20
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 20, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2015-1241 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.26 }} -0.20%

score

0.63435

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability