VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2013-0927

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability0.83%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2013-04-10
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

Google Chrome OS before 26.0.1410.57 relies on a Pango pango-utils.c read_config implementation that loads the contents of the .pangorc file in the user's home directory, and the file referenced by the PANGO_RC_FILE environment variable, which allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via crafted configuration data.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Primary references