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CVE-2016-5133

Improper Authentication

Published: Jul 23, 2016 | Modified: Apr 12, 2025
CVSS 3.x
5.3
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
4.3 MODERATE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V3
6.5 MODERATE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5133
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/287.html

Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.82 mishandles origin information during proxy authentication, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof a proxy-authentication login prompt or trigger incorrect credential storage by modifying the client-server data stream.

Weakness

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
ChromeGoogle*51.0.2704.106 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryRedHatchromium-browser-0:52.0.2743.82-1.el6*
Chromium-browserUbuntudevel*
Chromium-browserUbuntuprecise*
Chromium-browserUbuntutrusty*
Chromium-browserUbuntuupstream*
Chromium-browserUbuntuwily*
Chromium-browserUbuntuxenial*
Chromium-browserUbuntuyakkety*
Oxide-qtUbuntudevel*
Oxide-qtUbuntuesm-infra/xenial*
Oxide-qtUbuntutrusty*
Oxide-qtUbuntuupstream*
Oxide-qtUbuntuvivid/stable-phone-overlay*
Oxide-qtUbuntuwily*
Oxide-qtUbuntuxenial*
Oxide-qtUbuntuyakkety*

Potential Mitigations

References

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