CVE-2008-6996

Published Aug 19, 2009

Last updated 6 years ago

Overview

Description: Google Chrome BETA (0.2.149.27) does not prompt the user before saving an executable file, which makes it easier for remote attackers or malware to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) or exploit other vulnerabilities via a URL that references an executable file, possibly related to the "ask where to save each file before downloading" setting.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 5
Impact score: 2.9
Exploitability score: 10
Vector string: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-noinfo

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:0.2.149.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "D55D5075-D233-42D6-B1D6-77B7599650EB"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References