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CVE-2015-1278

Published: Jul 23, 2015Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-254
NVD MITRE
4.3CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
1.8%
Top 23.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
No Fix Available

Description

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:MAu:NC:NI:PA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-254

Affected Products

debian linuxdebian
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
enterprise linux desktop supplementaryredhat
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
enterprise linux server supplementaryredhat
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
enterprise linux server supplementary eusredhat
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
enterprise linux workstation supplementaryredhat
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
debianoss-projectGBOperating Systemsaka debian gnu/linux
redhatcommercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat
and 3 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

No known exploits, KEV entries, or remediation guidance available for this vulnerability yet.

References

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/07/stable-channel-update_21.html
googlechromereleases.blogspot.com
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00038.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1499.html
rhn.redhat.com
and 7 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Jul 23, 2015
Last Updated
May 6, 2026

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