Google Chrome before 4.0.249.78 on Windows does not perform the expected encoding, escaping, and quoting for the URL in the --app argument in a desktop shortcut, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs or obtain sensitive information by tricking a user into creating a crafted shortcut
Published Feb 18, 2010
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.88%
Description
Google Chrome before 4.0.249.78 on Windows does not perform the expected encoding, escaping, and quoting for the URL in the --app argument in a desktop shortcut, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs or obtain sensitive information by tricking a user into creating a crafted shortcut.
Affected products
No data.
- 0.2.149.27
- 0.2.149.29
- 0.2.149.30
- 0.2.152.1
- 0.2.153.1
- 0.3.154.0
- 0.3.154.3
- 0.4.154.18
- 0.4.154.22
- 0.4.154.31
- 0.4.154.33
- 1.0.154.36
- 1.0.154.39
- 1.0.154.42
- 1.0.154.43
- 1.0.154.46
- 1.0.154.48
- 1.0.154.52
- 1.0.154.53
- 1.0.154.59
- 1.0.154.65
- 2.0.156.1
- 2.0.157.0
- 2.0.157.2
- 2.0.158.0
- 2.0.159.0
- 2.0.169.0
- 2.0.169.1
- 2.0.170.0
- 2.0.172
- 2.0.172.2
- 2.0.172.8
- 2.0.172.27
- 2.0.172.28
- 2.0.172.30
- 2.0.172.31
- 2.0.172.33
- 2.0.172.37
- 2.0.172.38
- 3.0.182.2
- 3.0.190.2
- 3.0.193.2
- 3.0.195.21
- 3.0.195.24
- 3.0.195.32
- 3.0.195.33
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.88% (0.01885) | 78.75th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.88% (0.01885) | 76.73th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.75% (0.01754) | 81.32th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.79% (0.00789) | 82.22th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.79% (0.00789) | 80.95th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.79% (0.00789) | 78.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 17, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 64.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 40.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (5)
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=23693 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/01/stable-channel-update_25.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023506 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/dev/Home/chromium-security/chromium-security-bugs x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14306 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=23693 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/01/stable-channel-update_25.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1023506 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/dev/Home/chromium-security/chromium-security-bugs | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14306 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
Change history (0)
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