CVE-2008-5749

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-12-29 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

Argument injection vulnerability in Google Chrome 1.0.154.36 on Windows XP SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the --renderer-path option in a chromehtml: URI. NOTE: a third party disputes this issue, stating that Chrome "will ask for user permission" and "cannot launch the applet even [if] you have given out the permission.

Affected products

Google Chrome: 1.0.154.36

References

http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_chrome.html
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4821
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499570/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499581/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499616/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32997
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7566
http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_chrome.html
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4821
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499570/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499581/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499616/100/0/threaded

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