CVE-2017-15403 Command injection in Chrome

High 7.3 Published Updated

A local attacker can execute arbitrary code with chronos privileges via a crafted HTML page due to insufficient data validation in crosh.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2017-15403?

CVE-2017-15403 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 9 Jan 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Insufficient data validation in crosh could lead to a command injection under chronos privileges in Networking in Google Chrome on Chrome OS prior to 61.0.3163.113 allowed a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page.

Weakness: CWE-77

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-15403?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2017-15403?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-15403 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-2017-15403 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-15403 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-4wfv-vf72-f6xj.

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