CVE-2014-7899 describes a spoofing vulnerability in Google Chrome versions prior to 38.0.2125.101, allowing remote attackers to manipulate the address bar display. By prepending "blob:" and a long username string to a URL, an attacker could obscure the true destination. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and potential for partial integrity impact (spoofing). While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code, the CVE has received some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 38.0.2125.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.