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CVE-2015-1298 (GCVE-0-2015-1298)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-09-03 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 04:40
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Summary
The RuntimeEventRouter::OnExtensionUninstalled function in extensions/browser/api/runtime/runtime_api.cc in Google Chrome before 45.0.2454.85 does not ensure that the setUninstallURL preference corresponds to the URL of a web site, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to trigger access to an arbitrary URL via a crafted extension that is uninstalled.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2015-09-01 00:00
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