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Chrome: trick users into giving access to all files on local disk (2016)

78 pointsby bcaa7f3a8bbcover 6 years ago

7 comments

Derek_MKover 6 years ago
The use of the word "trick" here is well-warranted. This is really more of a UI thing (i.e. it's a little too easy for a user to accidentally click "Ok"). Applications have responded to concerns like this by just having the "Ok" button be non-clickable for a full second after appearing.
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xteover 6 years ago
Personally I'm using firejail (and drop Chrome since few months) so... In any case the problem of modern browsers is that they are monster with a so big and so "closely developed" codebase that even if open no one, perhaps many devs included, really know it enough. And the trend is more and more to add features...
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craftyguyover 6 years ago
> fortunately, on Linux, the exploit (even the limited one in #2) simply crashes Chrome after grinding for a while.
bsimpsonover 6 years ago
This is the title of the bug:<p>Security: Read all local files using minimal user interaction and gesture laundering<p>The title here on HN should include some combination of &quot;bug&quot;, &quot;security&quot;, &quot;fixed&quot;, and &quot;gesture laundering&quot;. The way it&#x27;s written now sounds like Chrome&#x27;s designers are _trying_ to trick users into giving file access permissions. That&#x27;s not the case.
TazeTSchnitzelover 6 years ago
I&#x27;m confused what happens here. Sure, you are tricked into pressing Return in a file open dialog. But you can&#x27;t open the “file” `C:\`… right? Does that somehow let the page access files on the disk?
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bcaa7f3a8bbcover 6 years ago
The beginning of a new class of user-interface attack?
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Piskvorrrover 6 years ago
Fixed in v.66?
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