CVE-2010-0556 Information disclosure in n/a
A malicious website can trick Chrome into displaying stored credentials for a different site, allowing attackers to steal sensitive authentication data.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2010-0556?
CVE-2010-0556 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 18 Feb 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
browser/login/login_prompt.cc in Google Chrome before 4.0.249.89 populates an authentication dialog with credentials that were stored by Password Manager for a different web site, which allows user-assisted remote HTTP servers to obtain sensitive information via a URL that requires authentication, as demonstrated by a URL in the SRC attribute of an IMG element.
Weakness: CWE-255
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-0556?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2010-0556?
No fix has been published for CVE-2010-0556 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2010-0556 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-0556 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8wq4-qwwj-mvjj.