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.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Google Chrome 0.2.149.27 - Automatic File Download EDB-6355 · remote · Sep 3, 2008 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 31000 vdb-entry
- 20080904 Re: Google Chrome Automatic File Download mailing-list
- http://codereview.chromium.org/472/diff/1/2
- 20080902 Google Chrome Automatic File Download mailing-list
- 20080903 RES: Google Chrome Automatic File Download mailing-list
- 20080903 RE: Google Chrome Automatic File Download mailing-list
- 48261 vdb-entry
- 20080903 Re: Google Chrome Automatic File Download mailing-list
- 6355 exploit
- 20080906 Google Chrome Auto download exploit .. mailing-list
- googlechrome-file-download(44904) vdb-entry
- http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?view=rev&revision=1793
- 20080906 Re: RES: Google Chrome Automatic File Download mailing-list