CVE-2017-5124 EXPLOIT
6.1
MEDIUM · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 5.1% (pctl 92)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Incorrect application of sandboxing in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 62.0.3202.62 allowed a remote attacker to inject arbitrary scripts or HTML (UXSS) via a crafted MHTML page.
Scoring
| CVSS | 6.1 (MEDIUM, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| EPSS | 5.15% — more likely to be exploited than 92% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-79 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2018-02-07 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| debian | debian linux |
| chrome |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Webkit (Chome < 61) - 'MHTML' Universal Cross-site Scripting | 2017-10-03 |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101482
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2997
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/4558c2885e618557a674660aff57404d25537070
- https://crbug.com/762930
- https://github.com/Bo0oM/CVE-2017-5124
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-24
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4020
- https://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/7cus2h/chrome_61_uxss_exploit_cve20175124/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101482
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2997
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/4558c2885e618557a674660aff57404d25537070
- https://crbug.com/762930
- https://github.com/Bo0oM/CVE-2017-5124
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-24
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4020
- https://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/7cus2h/chrome_61_uxss_exploit_cve20175124/
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