CVE-2014-9646

Publication date 27 January 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Description

Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in the GoogleChromeDistribution::DoPostUninstallOperations function in installer/util/google_chrome_distribution.cc in the uninstall-survey feature in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse program in the %SYSTEMDRIVE% directory, as demonstrated by program.exe, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-1205.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
chromium-browser	14.10 utopic	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected
	10.04 LTS lucid	Ignored end of life
oxide-qt	14.10 utopic	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not in release

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Notes

mdeslaur

windows specific

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Other references

https://codereview.chromium.org/741993002
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=449894
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=434964
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/01/stable-update.html
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9646