CVE-2010-0657

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-02-18 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Google Chrome before 4.0.249.78 on Windows does not perform the expected encoding, escaping, and quoting for the URL in the --app argument in a desktop shortcut, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs or obtain sensitive information by tricking a user into creating a crafted shortcut.

Affected products

Google Chrome: 0.2.149.27, 0.2.149.29, 0.2.149.30, 0.2.152.1, 0.2.153.1, 0.3.154.0 (+40)

References

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=23693
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/01/stable-channel-update_25.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023506
http://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/dev/Home/chromium-security/chromium-security-bugs
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14306
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=23693
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/01/stable-channel-update_25.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023506
http://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/dev/Home/chromium-security/chromium-security-bugs
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14306

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