CVE-2017-5078
Google Chrome Blink Mailto Command Injection Vulnerability
Description
Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Blink's mailto: handling in Google Chrome prior to 59.0.3071.86 for Linux, Windows, and Mac allowed a remote attacker to perform command injection via a crafted HTML page, a similar issue to CVE-2004-0121. For example, characters such as * have an incorrect interaction with xdg-email in xdg-utils, and a space character can be used in front of a command-line argument.
INFO
Published Date :
Oct. 27, 2017, 5:29 a.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 7, 2023, 2:48 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
2.8
Affected Products
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vulnerability.
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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2017-5078 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.
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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://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98861 [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome https://crbug.com/711020 [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1399 [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038622 [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-20 [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html [No types assigned] Removed Reference Google Inc. https://crbug.com/711020 Removed Reference Google Inc. https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html Removed Reference Google Inc. https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-20 Removed Reference Google Inc. http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038622 Removed Reference Google Inc. http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98861 Removed Reference Google Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1399 -
CVE Source Update by [email protected]
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Source Google Inc. Chrome -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Apr. 06, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1399 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1399 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://crbug.com/711020 Exploit, Third Party Advisory https://crbug.com/711020 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Sep. 08, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CWE Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 03, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CWE CWE-77 NVD-CWE-noinfo -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 05, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1399 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Nov. 15, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98861 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98861 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html No Types Assigned https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-20 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-20 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038622 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038622 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type https://crbug.com/711020 No Types Assigned https://crbug.com/711020 Exploit, Third Party Advisory Added CWE CWE-77 Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 59.0.3071.86 OR cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 28, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-20 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038622 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98861 [No Types Assigned]
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2017-5078 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-2017-5078
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
2.17 }} 0.09%
score
0.88103
percentile