8.8
HIGH
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.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2017-5078 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
1 Google chrome
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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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.

  • 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]
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-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

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