Spoofing Omnibox Contents via Blob URL Navigation in Google Chrome

CVE-2016-5189 · MEDIUM Severity

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

Google Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.59 for Windows, Mac, and Linux; 54.0.2840.85 for Android permitted navigation to blob URLs with non-canonical origins, which allowed a remote attacker to spoof the contents of the Omnibox (URL bar) via crafted HTML pages.

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