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$ cve CVE-2008-6996 JSON

CVE-2008-6996 EXPLOIT

5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 6.4% (pctl 93)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

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.

Scoring

CVSS5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0)
VectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS6.42% — more likely to be exploited than 93% of all CVEs
On CISA KEVno
Public exploityes
Published2009-08-19
Last modified2026-06-16

Affected (1)

VendorProduct
googlechrome

Public exploits

SourceTitleDate
exploit-dbGoogle Chrome 0.2.149.27 - Automatic File Download2008-09-03

References

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