The OriginCanAccessServiceWorkers function in content/browser/service_worker/service_worker_dispatcher_host.cc in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.111 on Windows, OS X, and Linux and before 40.0.2214.109 on Android does not properly restrict the URI scheme during a ServiceWorker registration, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a filesystem: URI.
https://codereview.chromium.org/889323002
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/02/chrome-for-android-update.html
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=453982
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/02/stable-channel-update.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2495-1
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0163.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031709
http://secunia.com/advisories/62818
http://secunia.com/advisories/62670
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72497
http://secunia.com/advisories/62917
http://secunia.com/advisories/62925
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-13.xml
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00005.html
Source: MITRE
Published: 2015-02-06
Updated: 2021-09-08
Type: NVD-CWE-noinfo
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Impact Score: 6.4
Exploitability Score: 10
Severity: HIGH