Description
PDFium, as used in Google Chrome before 47.0.2526.73, does not properly restrict use of chrome: URLs, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended scheme restrictions via a crafted PDF document, as demonstrated by a document with a link to a chrome://settings URL.
Published: 2015-12-06
Score: 4.3 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-3415-1 chromium-browser security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-6716 PDFium, as used in Google Chrome before 47.0.2526.73, does not properly restrict use of chrome: URLs, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended scheme restrictions via a crafted PDF document, as demonstrated by a document with a link to a chrome://settings URL.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T07:29:24.827Z

Reserved: 2015-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-6779

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-12-06T01:59:16.663

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

Link: CVE-2015-6779

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2015-12-01T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-6779 - Bugzilla

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