CVE-2017-5013 describes a vulnerability in Google Chrome versions prior to 56.0.2924.76 on Linux, where improper handling of new tab page navigations in non-selected tabs allowed a remote attacker to spoof the Omnibox (URL bar) content via a crafted HTML page. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) requires user interaction (UI:R) and could lead to high integrity impact (I:H) by deceiving users about the authenticity of a website. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules like Metasploit or Nuclei, though it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 55.0.2883.87CPE 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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