CVE-2010-0657

Google Chrome before 4.0.249.78 on Windows does not perform the expected encoding, escaping, and quoting for the URL in the --app argument in a desktop shortcut, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs or obtain sensitive information by tricking a user into creating a crafted shortcut.

Score

CVSS 2.0 9.3 Critical

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2010-02-18

Last modified

2024-08-07

Affected products

• Chrome (Google)

References

• http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=23693
• http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/01/stable-channel-update_25.html
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1023506
• http://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/dev/Home/chromium-security/chromium-security-bugs
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14306