CVE-2008-6996

Description (CNA)

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.

Affected (CNA)

CWE

No CWE identifiers supplied.

References

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

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