CVE-2008-6996

Google Chrome BETA (0.2.149.27) does not prompt the user before saving an executable file, which makes it easier for remote attackers or malware to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) or exploit other vulnerabilities via a URL that references an executable file, possibly related to the "ask where to save each file before downloading" setting.

Score

CVSS 2.0 5.0 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2009-08-19

Last modified

2024-08-07

Affected products

• Chrome (Google)

References

• http://codereview.chromium.org/472/diff/1/2
• http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?view=rev&revision=1793
• http://www.osvdb.org/48261
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495942/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495951/100/100/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495954/100/100/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495959/100/100/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495987/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496048/100/100/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496049
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31000
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44904
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6355