CVE - CVE-2015-6779

CVE-ID
CVE-2015-6779	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
PDFium, as used in Google Chrome before 47.0.2526.73, does not properly restrict use of chrome: URLs, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended scheme restrictions via a crafted PDF document, as demonstrated by a document with a link to a chrome://settings URL.
References
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BID:78416 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78416 CONFIRM:http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/12/stable-channel-update.html CONFIRM:https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=528505 CONFIRM:https://codereview.chromium.org/1362433002 DEBIAN:DSA-3415 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3415 GENTOO:GLSA-201603-09 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-09 SECTRACK:1034298 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034298 SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2015:2290 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00016.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2015:2291 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00017.html
Assigning CNA
Chrome
Date Record Created
20150831	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20150831)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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