CVE-2013-6652 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2013-6652?

CVE-2013-6652 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 24 Feb 2014. 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

Directory traversal vulnerability in sandbox/win/src/named_pipe_dispatcher.cc in Google Chrome before 33.0.1750.117 on Windows allows attackers to bypass intended named-pipe policy restrictions in the sandbox via vectors related to (1) lack of checks for .. (dot dot) sequences or (2) lack of use of the \\?\ protection mechanism.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-6652?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2013-6652?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-6652 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-2013-6652 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-6652 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-wwr8-3jm4-84rq.