CVE-2012-5376 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2012-5376?

CVE-2012-5376 is a critical path traversal vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 11 Oct 2012. 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

The Inter-process Communication (IPC) implementation in Google Chrome before 22.0.1229.94 allows remote attackers to bypass intended sandbox restrictions and write to arbitrary files by leveraging access to a renderer process, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-5112.

Weakness: CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-5376?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2012-5376?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-5376 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2012-5376 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-5376 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-pff3-h37v-m32x.