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CVE-2015-1278 (GCVE-0-2015-1278)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-07-23 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 04:40
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Summary
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.
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CWE
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Date Public
2015-07-21 00:00
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