CVE-2016-5218 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 mishandled PDF navigation. This allowed a remote attacker to temporarily spoof the Omnibox (URL bar) by crafting an HTML page with embedded PDF data. The vulnerability has a CVSS v3 score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity requiring user interaction, leading to a high integrity impact (spoofing). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog, though it garnered some community discussion and media coverage at the time.
| 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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