CVE-2010-0657 Command injection in n/a

What is CVE-2010-0657?

CVE-2010-0657 is a critical command injection 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

Google Chrome before 4.0.249.78 on Windows does not perform the expected encoding, escaping, and quoting for the URL in the --app argument in a desktop shortcut, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs or obtain sensitive information by tricking a user into creating a crafted shortcut.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-0657?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2010-0657?

No fix has been published for CVE-2010-0657 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2010-0657 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-0657 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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