CVE-2008-6996

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-08-19 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Google Chrome BETA (0.2.149.27) does not prompt the user before saving an executable file, which makes it easier for remote attackers or malware to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) or exploit other vulnerabilities via a URL that references an executable file, possibly related to the "ask where to save each file before downloading" setting.

Affected products

Google Chrome: 0.2.149.27

References

http://codereview.chromium.org/472/diff/1/2
http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?view=rev&revision=1793
http://www.osvdb.org/48261
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495942/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495951/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495954/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495959/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495987/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496048/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496049
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31000
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44904

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