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CVE-2017-5106

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-5106 describes an insufficient policy enforcement vulnerability in Google Chrome prior to version 60.0.3112.78 across multiple operating systems, including Mac, Windows, Linux, and Android, allowing domain spoofing via IDN homographs. Rated Medium (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction to achieve high integrity impact. While the EPSS score is low and it's not on CISA's KEV catalog, there is no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it is not considered actively exploited. Despite this, it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 60.0.3112.78CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.34%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
68.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0134 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 26,236 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: chromium-browser-0:60.0.3112.78-1.el6_9
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-5106Moderate

chromium-browser: url spoofing in omnibox

Jul 25, 2017

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:1833
chromereleases.googleblog.com / 2017/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
crbug.com / 714628
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201709-15
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3926
securityfocus.com / bid/99950