Access Restriction Bypass The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package chromium-browser  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1210-CHROMIUMBROWSER-642299
  • published13 Sept 2012
  • disclosed13 Sept 2012

Introduced: 13 Sep 2012

CVE-2012-4908  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:12.10.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream chromium-browser package and not the chromium-browser package as distributed by Ubuntu.

Google Chrome before 18.0.1025308 on Android allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and obtain access to local files via vectors involving a symlink.