CVE-2016-5134 describes a vulnerability in the Proxy Auto-Config (PAC) feature of Google Chrome prior to version 52.0.2743.82. This flaw allows remote attackers to discover user credentials by operating a malicious PAC server that can extract sensitive URL information beyond the intended scheme, host, and port. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and could lead to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the security community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 51.0.2704.106CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.