--- title: "CVE-2014-9646\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9646?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2014-9646 Publication date 27 January 2015 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## 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. [Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9646?format=md#notes) ## Status Show unmaintained releases | 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 | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## Notes --- ### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur) windows specific ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9646) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9646) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-9646) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9646) ### Other references * * * * *