CVE-2016-5217 describes a vulnerability in Google Chrome versions prior to 55.0.2883.75 (Mac, Windows, Linux) and 55.0.2883.84 (Android) where the extensions API improperly allowed access to privileged plugins. This flaw enabled a remote attacker to bypass site isolation through a specially crafted HTML page. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 6.5), it requires user interaction (UI:R) but has low attack complexity (AC:L) and could lead to high integrity impact (I:H). While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog and lacking public exploit code, it garnered significant community discussion and media coverage at the time of its disclosure.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 54.0.2840.99CPE 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:N/I:H/A:N
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