CVE-2012-5376 (GCVE-0-2012-5376)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-10-11 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 21:05
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The Inter-process Communication (IPC) implementation in Google Chrome before 22.0.1229.94 allows remote attackers to bypass intended sandbox restrictions and write to arbitrary files by leveraging access to a renderer process, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-5112.
Severity
9.6 (Critical)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
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| http://secunia.com/advisories/50954 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
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| http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/10/… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://osvdb.org/86156 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB |
| http://blog.chromium.org/2012/10/pwnium-2-results… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?i… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Date Public
2012-10-10 00:00
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