CVE-2017-5120 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2017-5120 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 27/10/2017 | CVE Updated: 05/08/2024 | CVE Year: 2017
Source: Chrome | Vendor: n/a | Product: Google Chrome prior to 61.0.3163.79 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 61.0.3163.81 for Android
Status : PUBLISHED

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CVE-2017-5120 Description

Inappropriate use of www mismatch redirects in browser navigation in Google Chrome prior to 61.0.3163.79 for Mac, Windows, and Linux, and 61.0.3163.81 for Android, allowed a remote attacker to potentially downgrade HTTPS requests to HTTP via a crafted HTML page. In other words, Chrome could transmit cleartext even though the user had entered an https URL, because of a misdesigned workaround for cases where the domain name in a URL almost matches the domain name in an X.509 server certificate (but differs in the initial "www." substring).

Metrics

CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: n/a
Vector: n/a

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Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

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CWE Name: Inappropriate implementation
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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).