Bypassing Same Origin Policy in Google Chrome PDF Plugin

Bypassing Same Origin Policy in Google Chrome PDF Plugin

CVE-2016-5206 · MEDIUM Severity

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

The PDF plugin in Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android incorrectly followed redirects, which allowed a remote attacker to bypass the Same Origin Policy via a crafted HTML page.

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