CVE-2014-9646

Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in the GoogleChromeDistribution::DoPostUninstallOperations function in installer/util/google_chrome_distribution.cc in the uninstall-survey feature in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse program in the %SYSTEMDRIVE% directory, as demonstrated by program.exe, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-1205.

Score

CVSS 2.0 4.6 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2015-01-27

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-264

Affected products

• Chrome (Google)

References

• http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/01/stable-update.html
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-13.xml
• https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=434964
• https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=449894
• https://codereview.chromium.org/741993002