PDFium, as used in Google Chrome before 47.0.2526.73, does not properly restrict use of chrome: URLs, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended scheme restrictions via a crafted PDF document, as demonstrated by a document with a link to a chrome://settings URL.
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/12/stable-channel-update.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00016.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00017.html
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=528505
https://codereview.chromium.org/1362433002
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-09
Published: 2015-12-06
Base Score: 4.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Severity: Medium