chromium-browser: URL spoofing using pdf files in unspecified
Published Jul 23, 2015
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.80%
Description
content/browser/web_contents/web_contents_impl.cc in Google Chrome before 44.0.2403.89 does not ensure that a PDF document's modal dialog is closed upon navigation to an interstitial page, which allows remote attackers to spoof URLs via a crafted document, as demonstrated by the alert_dialog.pdf document.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 8.0
Configuration 2
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary
chromium-browser-0:44.0.2403.89-1.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2015:1499
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary | chromium-browser-0:44.0.2403.89-1.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:1499 |
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.
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AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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 | 1.80% (0.01795) | 77.62th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.84% (0.01835) | 76.08th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.07% (0.01068) | 76.18th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.45% (0.00445) | 75.79th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.45% (0.00445) | 74.22th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 0.45% (0.00445) | 72.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.46% (0.00460) | 71.45th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.96% (0.01955) | 78.47th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.96% (0.01955) | 76.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.96% (0.01955) | 55.71th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (14)
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/07/stable-channel-update_21.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00038.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1499.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3315 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75973 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033031 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1278 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245582 Issue Tracking
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=482380 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://codereview.chromium.org/1150843002/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://codereview.chromium.org/1156663004/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1278
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-09 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1278
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