Vulnerability CVE-2014-9646
Published: 2015-01-27   Modified: 2015-01-28

Description:
Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in the GoogleChromeDistribution::DoPostUninstallOperations function in installer/util/google_chrome_distribution.cc in the uninstall-survey feature in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse program in the %SYSTEMDRIVE% directory, as demonstrated by program.exe, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-1205.

Type:

CWE-264

 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.6/10
6.4/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Google -> Chrome 

 References:
https://codereview.chromium.org/741993002
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=449894
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=434964
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-13.xml
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/01/stable-update.html
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