CVE-2008-6996

Chrome vulnerability

CVSS

5.0

EPSS

6.4%

EPSS pct

93th

Exploited

No known

Google Chrome BETA (0.2.149.27) does not prompt the user before saving an executable file, which makes it easier for remote attackers or malware to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) or exploit other vulnerabilities via a URL that references an executable file, possibly related to the "ask where to save each file before downloading" setting.

Affected vendor

Google

Affected product

Chrome

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Published

2009-08-19

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 6.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

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