HIGH
chromium-browser: directory traversal using the file scheme on android
Published May 14, 2016
8.1
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.53%
Description
Google Chrome before 50.0.2661.102 on Android mishandles / (slash) and \ (backslash) characters, which allows attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks via a file: URL, related to net/base/escape.cc and net/base/filename_util.cc.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
8.1 HIGH NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact None
6.8 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.53% 0.01529
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01529
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 (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.53% (0.01529) | 73.80th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.56% (0.01564) | 71.97th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.21% (0.00205) | 40.66th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.33% (0.00326) | 71.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.33% (0.00326) | 70.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 0.33% (0.00326) | 67.49th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.34% (0.00338) | 66.75th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 55.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 53.57th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 51.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 29.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (11)
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/05/stable-channel-update.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90584 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035872 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1671 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1335451 Issue Tracking
- https://codereview.chromium.org/1704163003/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://crbug.com/586657 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/message/raw?msg=chromium-reviews/UkMGbbnTDW8/A4g-6YkfBAAJ mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1671
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-02 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1671
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/05/stable-channel-update.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90584 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035872 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1671 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1335451 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://codereview.chromium.org/1704163003/ | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://crbug.com/586657 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/message/raw?msg=chromium-reviews/UkMGbbnTDW8/A4g-6YkfBAAJ | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1671 | ||
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-02 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1671 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner Chrome
Published May 14, 2016
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Jan 12, 2016
Link CVE-2016-1671
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a