6.1
MEDIUM
CVE-2016-5165
Google Chrome DevTools Settings Query String XSS
Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Developer Tools (aka DevTools) subsystem in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.89 on Windows and OS X and before 53.0.2785.92 on Linux allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the settings parameter in a chrome-devtools-frontend.appspot.com URL's query string.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 11, 2016, 10:59 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 2:33 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.7

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-5165 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 Opensuse leap
1 Google chrome

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2016-5165 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-5165 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
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Chrome http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00003.html [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome https://codereview.chromium.org/2177983004 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_31.html [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00004.html [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92717 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036729 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome https://crbug.com/618037 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00073.html [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3660 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00008.html [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1854.html [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference Google Inc. https://codereview.chromium.org/2177983004
    Removed Reference Google Inc. https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_31.html
    Removed Reference Google Inc. https://crbug.com/618037
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00073.html
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00008.html
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00004.html
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92717
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00003.html
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1854.html
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3660
    Removed Reference Google Inc. https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036729
  • CVE Source Update by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Source Google Inc. Chrome
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 13, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036729 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 01, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 28, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00008.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00004.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92717 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00003.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1854.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3660 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 07, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:52.0.2743.116:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:52.0.2743.116:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00073.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00073.html Third Party Advisory
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 07, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:52.0.2743.116:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:52.0.2743.116:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 07, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00073.html
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 12, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:52.0.2743.116:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://codereview.chromium.org/2177983004 No Types Assigned https://codereview.chromium.org/2177983004 Issue Tracking
    Changed Reference Type https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_31.html No Types Assigned https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_31.html Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://crbug.com/618037 No Types Assigned https://crbug.com/618037 Permissions Required
    Added CWE CWE-79
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 12, 2016

    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-2016-5165 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-5165 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

0.26 }} -0.01%

score

0.63756

percentile

CVSS30 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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