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CVE-2015-1278 json

content/browser/web_contents/web_contents_impl.cc in Google Chrome before 44.0.2403.89 does not ensure that a PDF document's modal dialog i…

published 11y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2015-1419

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.8%
EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 78%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

content/browser/web_contents/web_contents_impl.cc in Google Chrome before 44.0.2403.89 does not ensure that a PDF document's modal dialog is closed upon navigation to an interstitial page, which allows remote attackers to spoof URLs via a crafted document, as demonstrated by the alert_dialog.pdf document.

Patch / fix

  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 44.0.2403.89-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1095

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1278

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • chromium-browser RHEL 6 EXTRAS 44.0.2403.89-1.el6

red hat advisories RHSA-2015:1499

  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 55.0.2883.75-3.1
  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 113.0.5672.92-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10171-1openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2015-1278 updated cvss 6.4

chromium-browser: URL spoofing using pdf files in unspecified

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 44.0.2403.89-1.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 44.0.2403.89-1.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 44.0.2403.89-1.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:1499

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

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References

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