Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE-2010-0656
Summary
WebKit before r51295, as used in Google Chrome before 4.0.249.78, presents a directory-listing page in response to an XMLHttpRequest for a file:/// URL that corresponds to a directory, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted local HTML document.
- MEDIUM
- NETWORK
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- PARTIAL
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CWE-200 - Information Exposure
An information exposure vulnerability is categorized as an information flow (IF) weakness, which can potentially allow unauthorized access to otherwise classified information in the application, such as confidential personal information (demographics, financials, health records, etc.), business secrets, and the application's internal environment.
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Advisory Timeline
- Published