CVE-2008-6996 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2009-08-18

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 13.3% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:0.2.149.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.13335.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://codereview.chromium.org/472/diff/1/2
http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?view=rev&revision=1793
http://www.osvdb.org/48261
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495942/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495951/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495954/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495959/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495987/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496048/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496049
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31000
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44904
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6355

History

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Subscriptions

Google Chrome

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-08-18T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T11:49:02.481Z

Reserved: 2009-08-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-6996

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-08-19T05:24:52.750

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-6996

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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