# CVE-2016-1671: Google Chrome before 50.0.2661.102 on Android mishandles / (slash) and \\ (backslash) characters, which allows attackers to conduct directory

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2016-05-14 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Google Chrome before 50.0.2661.102 on Android mishandles / (slash) and \ (backslash) characters, which allows attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks via a file: URL, related to net/base/escape.cc and net/base/filename_util.cc.

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## References

- https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/message/raw?msg=chromium-reviews/UkMGbbnTDW8/A4g-6YkfBAAJ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90584
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035872
- https://crbug.com/586657
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/05/stable-channel-update.html
- https://codereview.chromium.org/1704163003/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-02

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