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CVE-2017-5020

Google Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Linux, Windows and Mac, and 56.0.2924.87 for Android, failed to require a user gesture for powerful

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Summary

Google Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Linux, Windows and Mac, and 56.0.2924.87 for Android, failed to require a user gesture for powerful download operations, which allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
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Affected versions

  • n/a Google Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Linux, Windows and Mac, and 56.0.2924.87 for Android

    Version range not reported

References 7

securityfocus.com

crbug.com

chromereleases.googleblog.com

security.gentoo.org

rhn.redhat.com

securitytracker.com

debian.org