CVEvulnerability
CVE-2012-1846
10.0 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2012-03-22
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-668
Description
Google Chrome 17.0.963.66 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass the sandbox protection mechanism by leveraging access to a sandboxed process, as demonstrated by VUPEN during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2012. NOTE: the primary affected product may be clarified later; it was not identified by the researcher, who reportedly stated "it really doesn't matter if it's third-party code."
Affected configurations
• google chrome (<= 17.0.963.66)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-668 Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere weakness
References
- http://pwn2own.zerodayinitiative.com/status.html Not Applicable
- http://twitter.com/vupen/statuses/177576000761237505 Broken Link
- http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2012/03/21/meet-the-hackers-who-sell-spies-the-tools-to-crack-your-pc-and-get-paid-six-figure-fees/ Press/Media Coverage
- http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/pwn2own-2012-google-chrome-browser-sandbox-first-to-fall/10588 Press/Media Coverage
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74324 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14940 Third Party Advisory
- http://pwn2own.zerodayinitiative.com/status.html Not Applicable
- http://twitter.com/vupen/statuses/177576000761237505 Broken Link
- http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2012/03/21/meet-the-hackers-who-sell-spies-the-tools-to-crack-your-pc-and-get-paid-six-figure-fees/ Press/Media Coverage
- http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/pwn2own-2012-google-chrome-browser-sandbox-first-to-fall/10588 Press/Media Coverage
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74324 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14940 Third Party Advisory