CVE-2014-9646
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| chrome | {"endIncluding":"40.0.2214.85"} | |
References
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/01/stable-update.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-13.xml
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=434964
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=449894
- https://codereview.chromium.org/741993002
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/01/stable-update.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-13.xml
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=434964
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=449894
- https://codereview.chromium.org/741993002
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.