Arbitrary Module Loading and Sensitive Information Disclosure Vulnerability in Google Chrome Extension Bindings

Arbitrary Module Loading and Sensitive Information Disclosure Vulnerability in Google Chrome Extension Bindings

CVE-2016-1698 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

The createCustomType function in extensions/renderer/resources/binding.js in the extension bindings in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.79 does not validate module types, which might allow attackers to load arbitrary modules or obtain sensitive information by leveraging a poisoned definition.

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