chromium-browser: unauthorised file access in devtools
Published Feb 17, 2017
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.49%
Description
Google Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Windows insufficiently sanitized DevTools URLs, which allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to read filesystem contents via a crafted HTML page.
Affected products
- Vendor n/a Product Google Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Windows Defaultn/a
- Version Google Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for WindowsStatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | Google Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Windows | n/a |
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No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary
chromium-browser-0:56.0.2924.76-1.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2017:0206
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary | chromium-browser-0:56.0.2924.76-1.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2017:0206 |
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.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/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
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.49% (0.01494) | 73.22th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 1.49% (0.01494) | 73.01th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.52% (0.00515) | 76.92th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.52% (0.00515) | 76.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 0.52% (0.00515) | 73.98th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.54% (0.00536) | 73.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.87% (0.00866) | 25.01th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.87% (0.00866) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (11)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0206.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3776 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95792 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037718 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5011 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1416661 Issue Tracking
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://crbug.com/662859 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5011
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-66 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5011
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0206.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3776 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95792 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037718 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5011 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1416661 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://crbug.com/662859 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5011 | ||
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-66 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5011 |
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