Description
Google Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Linux, Windows and Mac, and 56.0.2924.87 for Android, failed to require a user gesture for powerful download operations, which allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a Google Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Linux, Windows and Mac, and 56.0.2924.87 for Android
Google Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Linux, Windows and Mac, and 56.0.2924.87 for Androidaffected
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95792 ↗
- https://crbug.com/668653 ↗
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html ↗
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-66 ↗
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0206.html ↗
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037718 ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3776 ↗