Description
Google Chrome before 4.0.249.78 on Windows does not perform the expected encoding, escaping, and quoting for the URL in the --app argument in a desktop shortcut, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs or obtain sensitive information by tricking a user into creating a crafted shortcut.
Published: 2010-02-18
Score: 9.3 Critical
EPSS: 1.3% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2010-0688 Google Chrome before 4.0.249.78 on Windows does not perform the expected encoding, escaping, and quoting for the URL in the --app argument in a desktop shortcut, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs or obtain sensitive information by tricking a user into creating a crafted shortcut.
History

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.01754}

epss

{'score': 0.01298}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T00:59:38.311Z

Reserved: 2010-02-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2010-0657

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2010-02-18T18:00:00.880

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2010-0657

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Weaknesses