CVE-2010-0657

Publication date 18 February 2010

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

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.

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Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
chromium-browser	10.04 LTS lucid	Not affected
	9.10 karmic	Not in release
	9.04 jaunty	Not in release
	8.10 intrepid	Not in release
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not in release
	6.06 LTS dapper	Not in release