CVE-2014-9646

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-9646
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-01-27 19:59:11 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionUnquoted 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.6 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Google Chrome All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
434964 - chromium - An open-source project to help move the web forward. - Monorail af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 code.google.com
Chrome Releases: Stable Channel Update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 googlechromereleases.blogspot.com Vendor Advisory
Issue 449894 - chromium - Tracking bug for internal fixes: Chrome M40, release 0 - An open-source project to help move the web forward. - Google Project Hosting af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 code.google.com
Issue 741993002: Quote the path to IE when launching it for the uninstall survey. - Code Review af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 codereview.chromium.org
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
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