Description
content/browser/webui/content_web_ui_controller_factory.cc in Google Chrome before 43.0.2357.130 does not properly consider the scheme in determining whether a URL is associated with a WebUI SiteInstance, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a similar URL, as demonstrated by use of http://gpu when there is a WebUI class for handling chrome://gpu requests.
Published: 2015-06-26
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3315-1 chromium-browser security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-1407 content/browser/webui/content_web_ui_controller_factory.cc in Google Chrome before 43.0.2357.130 does not properly consider the scheme in determining whether a URL is associated with a WebUI SiteInstance, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a similar URL, as demonstrated by use of http://gpu when there is a WebUI class for handling chrome://gpu requests.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2652-1 Oxide vulnerabilities
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T04:40:18.199Z

Reserved: 2015-01-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-1266

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-06-26T14:59:00.063

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-1266

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2015-06-22T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-1266 - Bugzilla

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