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CVE-2015-6779
PDFium, as used in Google Chrome before 47.0.2526.73, does not properly restrict use of chrome: URLs, which allows remote attackers to…
Medium4.3EPSS 2.0%
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- Chrome
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.0% · top 19% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/12/stable-channel-update.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://codereview.chromium.org/1362433002 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:2290 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=528505 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-201603-09 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 78416 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- DSA-3415 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:2291 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 1034298 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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