CVE-2014-9646

high

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.

References

https://codereview.chromium.org/741993002

https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=449894

https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=434964

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-13.xml

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/01/stable-update.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2015-01-27

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High