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CVE-2016-1671
Published: May 14, 2016
Modified: Aug 5, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
Google Chrome before 50.0.2661.102 on Android mishandles / (slash) and \ (backslash) characters, which allows attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks via a file: URL, related to net/base/escape.cc and net/base/filename_util.cc.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
[chromium-reviews] 20160217 FileURLToFilePath: Don't unescape '/' and '\\'. (issue 1704163003 by [email protected])
mailing-list
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90584
vdb-entry
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1035872
vdb-entry
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https://crbug.com/586657
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/05/stable-channel-update.html
x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://codereview.chromium.org/1704163003/
x_refsource_CONFIRM
GLSA-201605-02
vendor-advisory
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