CVE-2016-1693

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-06-05 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-284

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.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 8.0
Google Chrome: through 50.0.2661.102
openSUSE Leap: 42.1
Opensuse: 13.2
RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 6.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 6.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 6.0
SUSE Linux Enterprise: 12.0

References

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/05/stable-channel-update_25.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00062.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00063.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00005.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3590
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90876
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035981
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1190
https://codereview.chromium.org/1919043002
https://crbug.com/598752
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-07
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/05/stable-channel-update_25.html

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