CVE-2008-5749

View on CVE.org

Published Dec 29, 2008 CVSS 2.0 · 6.8 Medium EPSS 3.7% KEV · Not listed

Description

Argument injection vulnerability in Google Chrome 1.0.154.36 on Windows XP SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the --renderer-path option in a chromehtml: URI. NOTE: a third party disputes this issue, stating that Chrome "will ask for user permission" and "cannot launch the applet even [if] you have given out the permission.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:1.0.154.36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories

No advisories available

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 3.7% (3.734% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_chrome.html
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4821
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499570/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499581/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499616/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32997
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7566

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Google Chrome

Microsoft Windows Xp

Weaknesses

CWE-94

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 11:04 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Dec 29, 2008, 3:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 11:04 AM
Reserved: Dec 29, 2008, 12:00 AM

View source JSON

Vulnrichment No data

No data.

NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 11:00 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Dec 29, 2008, 3:24 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 11:00 PM

View source JSON

Red Hat No data

No data.

OpenCVE enrichment No data

No data.

{"containers": {"cna": {"affected": [{"product": "n/a", "vendor": "n/a", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "n/a"}]}], "datePublic": "2008-12-23T00:00:00.000Z", "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Argument injection vulnerability in Google Chrome 1.0.154.36 on Windows XP SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the --renderer-path option in a chromehtml: URI. NOTE: a third party disputes this issue, stating that Chrome \"will ask for user permission\" and \"cannot launch the applet even [if] you have given out the permission."}], "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"description": "n/a", "lang": "en", "type": "text"}]}], "providerMetadata": {"dateUpdated": "2018-10-11T19:57:01.000Z", "orgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "shortName": "mitre"}, "references": [{"tags": ["x_refsource_MISC"], "url": "http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_chrome.html"}, {"name": "20081226 Re: Re: Google Chrome Browser (ChromeHTML://) remote parameter injection POC", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_BUGTRAQ"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499616/100/0/threaded"}, {"name": "32997", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_BID"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32997"}, {"name": "7566", "tags": ["exploit", "x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB"], "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7566"}, {"name": "20081223 Google Chrome Browser (ChromeHTML://) remote parameter injection POC", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_BUGTRAQ"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499570/100/0/threaded"}, {"name": "20081225 Re: Google Chrome Browser (ChromeHTML://) remote parameter injection POC", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_BUGTRAQ"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499581/100/0/threaded"}, {"name": "4821", "tags": ["third-party-advisory", "x_refsource_SREASON"], "url": "http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4821"}], "tags": ["disputed"], "x_legacyV4Record": {"CVE_data_meta": {"ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2008-5749", "STATE": "PUBLIC"}, "affects": {"vendor": {"vendor_data": [{"product": {"product_data": [{"product_name": "n/a", "version": {"version_data": [{"version_value": "n/a"}]}}]}, "vendor_name": "n/a"}]}}, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": {"description_data": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "** DISPUTED ** Argument injection vulnerability in Google Chrome 1.0.154.36 on Windows XP SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the --renderer-path option in a chromehtml: URI. NOTE: a third party disputes this issue, stating that Chrome \"will ask for user permission\" and \"cannot launch the applet even [if] you have given out the permission.\""}]}, "problemtype": {"problemtype_data": [{"description": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "n/a"}]}]}, "references": {"reference_data": [{"name": "http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_chrome.html", "refsource": "MISC", "url": "http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_chrome.html"}, {"name": "20081226 Re: Re: Google Chrome Browser (ChromeHTML://) remote parameter injection POC", "refsource": "BUGTRAQ", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499616/100/0/threaded"}, {"name": "32997", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32997"}, {"name": "7566", "refsource": "EXPLOIT-DB", "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7566"}, {"name": "20081223 Google Chrome Browser (ChromeHTML://) remote parameter injection POC", "refsource": "BUGTRAQ", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499570/100/0/threaded"}, {"name": "20081225 Re: Google Chrome Browser (ChromeHTML://) remote parameter injection POC", "refsource": "BUGTRAQ", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499581/100/0/threaded"}, {"name": "4821", "refsource": "SREASON", "url": "http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4821"}]}}}, "adp": [{"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "shortName": "CVE", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-07T11:04:44.603Z"}, "title": "CVE Program Container", "references": [{"tags": ["x_refsource_MISC", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_chrome.html"}, {"name": "20081226 Re: Re: Google Chrome Browser (ChromeHTML://) remote parameter injection POC", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_BUGTRAQ", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499616/100/0/threaded"}, {"name": "32997", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_BID", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32997"}, {"name": "7566", "tags": ["exploit", "x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB", "x_transferred"], "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7566"}, {"name": "20081223 Google Chrome Browser (ChromeHTML://) remote parameter injection POC", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_BUGTRAQ", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499570/100/0/threaded"}, {"name": "20081225 Re: Google Chrome Browser (ChromeHTML://) remote parameter injection POC", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_BUGTRAQ", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499581/100/0/threaded"}, {"name": "4821", "tags": ["third-party-advisory", "x_refsource_SREASON", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4821"}]}]}, "cveMetadata": {"assignerOrgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "assignerShortName": "mitre", "cveId": "CVE-2008-5749", "datePublished": "2008-12-29T15:00:00.000Z", "dateReserved": "2008-12-29T00:00:00.000Z", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-07T11:04:44.603Z", "state": "PUBLISHED"}, "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.1"}

{"affected": [{"affectedData": [{"product": "n/a", "vendor": "n/a", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "n/a"}]}], "source": "cve@mitre.org"}], "configurations": [{"nodes": [{"cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:1.0.154.36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "5D2CAE29-3F1E-4374-B82C-B60B7BB4AEAE", "vulnerable": true}], "negate": false, "operator": "OR"}, {"cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "CE477A73-4EE4-41E9-8694-5A3D5DC88656", "vulnerable": false}], "negate": false, "operator": "OR"}], "operator": "AND"}], "cveTags": [{"sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org", "tags": ["disputed"]}], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Argument injection vulnerability in Google Chrome 1.0.154.36 on Windows XP SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the --renderer-path option in a chromehtml: URI. NOTE: a third party disputes this issue, stating that Chrome \"will ask for user permission\" and \"cannot launch the applet even [if] you have given out the permission."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "** CUESTIONADA ** Vulnerabilidad de inyecci\u00f3n de argumento en Google Chrome 1.0.154.36 sobre Windows XP SP3, permite a atacantes remotos ejecutar comandos de su elecci\u00f3n a trav\u00e9s de la opci\u00f3n \"--renderer-path\" en una URI chromehtml:. NOTA: un tercero cuestiona esta vulnerabilidad argumentando que Chrome \"pregunta sobre los permisos de usuario\" y \"no puede lanzar el applet incluso si el usuario da el permiso\"."}], "id": "CVE-2008-5749", "lastModified": "2026-06-16T23:00:55.630", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV2": [{"acInsufInfo": false, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "cvssData": {"accessComplexity": "MEDIUM", "accessVector": "NETWORK", "authentication": "NONE", "availabilityImpact": "PARTIAL", "baseScore": 6.8, "confidentialityImpact": "PARTIAL", "integrityImpact": "PARTIAL", "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P", "version": "2.0"}, "exploitabilityScore": 8.6, "impactScore": 6.4, "obtainAllPrivilege": false, "obtainOtherPrivilege": false, "obtainUserPrivilege": true, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary", "userInteractionRequired": true}]}, "published": "2008-12-29T15:24:23.687", "references": [{"source": "cve@mitre.org", "tags": ["Exploit"], "url": "http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_chrome.html"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4821"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499570/100/0/threaded"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499581/100/0/threaded"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499616/100/0/threaded"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32997"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7566"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Exploit"], "url": "http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_chrome.html"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4821"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499570/100/0/threaded"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499581/100/0/threaded"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499616/100/0/threaded"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32997"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7566"}], "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org", "vulnStatus": "Modified", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-94"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}