CVE-2014-9646 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2014-9646?

CVE-2014-9646 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 27 Jan 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in the GoogleChromeDistribution::DoPostUninstallOperations function in installer/util/google_chrome_distribution.cc in the uninstall-survey feature in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse program in the %SYSTEMDRIVE% directory, as demonstrated by program.exe, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-1205.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-9646?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2014-9646?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-9646 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2014-9646 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9646 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-jq3p-55hr-jqv2.