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.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-2766 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:02:12.964Z

Reserved: 2016-01-12T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-1671

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-05-14T21:59:11.790

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-1671

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-05-11T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-1671 - Bugzilla

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