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CVE-2016-1693
browser/safe_browsing/srt_field_trial_win.cc in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.63 does not use the HTTPS service on dl.google.com to…
Medium5.3EPSS 1.2%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Chrome
Description
browser/safe_browsing/srt_field_trial_win.cc in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.63 does not use the HTTPS service on dl.google.com to obtain the Software Removal Tool, which allows remote attackers to spoof the chrome_cleanup_tool.exe (aka CCT) file via a man-in-the-middle attack on an HTTP session.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Chrome
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.2% · top 33% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (11)
- 90876 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1496 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 1035981 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- DSA-3590 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/05/stable-channel-update_25.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1430 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://crbug.com/598752 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:1190 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://codereview.chromium.org/1919043002 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-201607-07 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1433 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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