chromium-browser: privilege escalation in service workers
Published Feb 6, 2015
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.15%
Description
The OriginCanAccessServiceWorkers function in content/browser/service_worker/service_worker_dispatcher_host.cc in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.111 on Windows, OS X, and Linux and before 40.0.2214.109 on Android does not properly restrict the URI scheme during a ServiceWorker registration, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a filesystem: URI.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 2
Configuration 3
- 14.04
- 14.10
Configuration 4
- 6.0
- 6.6
- 6.0
- 6.6
- 6.0
No data.
Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
chromium-browser-0:40.0.2214.111-1.el6_6
Fixed · RHSA-2015:0163
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | chromium-browser-0:40.0.2214.111-1.el6_6 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:0163 |
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:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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 2, 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 (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 2.15% (0.02148) | 81.46th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.15% (0.02148) | 79.66th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 0.91% (0.00911) | 73.70th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.01% (0.02011) | 72.90th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.91% (0.00911) | 74.19th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.92% (0.00923) | 83.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 9, 2024 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 82.73th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 80.73th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.78% (0.00783) | 78.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 85.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 84.01th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 67.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (19)
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/02/chrome-for-android-update.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/02/stable-channel-update.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00005.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0163.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62670 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62818 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62917 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62925 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-13.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72497 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031709 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2495-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1211 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1190125 Issue Tracking
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=453982 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://codereview.chromium.org/889323002 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100717 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1211
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1211
Change history (0)
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