CVE-2017-5018 describes an insufficiently strict Content Security Policy (CSP) in Google Chrome versions prior to 56.0.2924.76 (Linux, Windows, Mac) and 56.0.2924.87 (Android). This flaw allowed a remote attacker to inject scripts or HTML into the privileged Chrome app launcher page through a specially crafted HTML page. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires user interaction (UI:R), but could lead to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts (C:L, I:L) if exploited. The attack vector is over the network (AV:N). There is no evidence of active exploitation (KEV: No), nor are there public exploit modules available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB). Despite this, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the security community.
| 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:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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