CVE-2016-1699

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-284 Improper Access Control

Publication date:

05/06/2016

Last modified:

12/04/2025

Description

WebKit/Source/devtools/front_end/devtools.js in the Developer Tools (aka DevTools) subsystem in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.79, does not ensure that the remoteFrontendUrl parameter is associated with a chrome-devtools-frontend.appspot.com URL, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted URL.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x

6.50

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.30 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0

4.30

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::lts:::
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04::::lts:::
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise:12.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome::::::::		51.0.2704.63 (including)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::lts:::
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04::::lts:::
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise:12.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome::::::::		51.0.2704.63 (including)

CVE-2016-1699

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools