CVE-2016-1699 - CVE House

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Status published Medium CVE-2016-1699

WebKit/Source/devtools/front_end/devtools.js in the Developer Tools (aka DevTools) subsystem in Blink,...

6.5 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

WebKit/Source/devtools/front_end/devtools.js in the Developer Tools (aka DevTools) subsystem in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.79, does not ensure that the remoteFrontendUrl parameter is associated with a chrome-devtools-frontend.appspot.com URL, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted URL.

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

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

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Affected Vendor

canonical

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Affected Software

ubuntu linux, debian linux, leap, opensuse, enterprise linux desktop, enterprise linux server, enterprise linux workstation, linux enterprise, chrome

Vulnerable Versions:

14.04, 15.10, 16.04, 8.0, 42.1, 13.2, 6.0, 12.0, 0

Timeline

Official Publish: June 5th, 2016

Last Modified: August 5th, 2024

Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.