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CVE-2016-5173

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-5173 is a vulnerability in the extensions subsystem of Google Chrome versions prior to 53.0.2785.113. It allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and trigger unintended JavaScript function calls by manipulating Object.prototype, leading to the loading of unintended resources. This vulnerability has a CVSSv3 score of 7.1 (HIGH), indicating a low attack complexity and requiring user interaction, with potential impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit or ExploitDB, and community discussion is minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 53.0.2785.101CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.1HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.02%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
59.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0102 is in the 60th percentile among its peer group of 14,848 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: chromium-browser-0:53.0.2785.113-1.el6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-5173Moderate

chromium-browser: extension resource access

Sep 13, 2016

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-1905.html
codereview.chromium.org / 1840453002
crbug.com / 468931
crbug.com / 471523
crbug.com / 497507
googlechromereleases.blogspot.com / 2016/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_13.html
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201610-09
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3667
securityfocus.com / bid/92942
securitytracker.com / id/1036826