CVE-2013-2866 Security feature bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2013-2866?

CVE-2013-2866 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 19 Jun 2013. 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 Flash plug-in in Google Chrome before 27.0.1453.116, as used on Google Chrome OS before 27.0.1453.116 and separately, does not properly determine whether a user wishes to permit camera or microphone access by a Flash application, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from a machine's physical environment via a clickjacking attack, as demonstrated by an attack using a crafted Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) opacity property.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-2866?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Google Chrome, Google Chrome Os.

How do I fix CVE-2013-2866?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-2866 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2013-2866 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-2866 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-qj7f-jf6q-v5f2.