Privilege Escalation via ServiceWorker Registration in Google Chrome

CVE-2015-1211 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

The OriginCanAccessServiceWorkers function in content/browser/service_worker/service_worker_dispatcher_host.cc in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.111 on Windows, OS X, and Linux and before 40.0.2214.109 on Android does not properly restrict the URI scheme during a ServiceWorker registration, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a filesystem: URI.

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