CVE-2009-3931 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2009-3931

Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in browser/download/download_exe.cc in Google Chrome before 3.0.195.32...

Vulnerability Description

Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in browser/download/download_exe.cc in Google Chrome before 3.0.195.32 allows remote attackers to force the download of certain dangerous files via a "Content-Disposition: attachment" designation, as demonstrated by (1) .mht and (2) .mhtml files, which are automatically executed by Internet Explorer 6; (3) .svg files, which are automatically executed by Safari; (4) .xml files; (5) .htt files; (6) .xsl files; (7) .xslt files; and (8) image files that are forbidden by the victim's site policy.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

chrome
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 0.2.149.27, 0.2.149.29, 0.2.149.30, 0.2.152.1, 0.2.153.1, 0.3.154.0, 0.3.154.3, 0.4.154.18, 0.4.154.22, 0.4.154.31, 0.4.154.33, 1.0.154.36, 1.0.154.39, 1.0.154.42, 1.0.154.43, 1.0.154.46, 1.0.154.48, 1.0.154.52, 1.0.154.53, 1.0.154.59, 1.0.154.65, 2.0.156.1, 2.0.157.0, 2.0.157.2, 2.0.158.0, 2.0.159.0, 2.0.169.0, 2.0.169.1, 2.0.170.0, 2.0.172, 2.0.172.2, 2.0.172.8, 2.0.172.27, 2.0.172.28, 2.0.172.30, 2.0.172.31, 2.0.172.33, 2.0.172.37, 2.0.172.38, 3.0.182.2, 3.0.190.2, 3.0.193.2

Timeline

Official Publish: November 12th, 2009
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.