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CVE-2008-6996

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2009-08-19 Modified: 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 Platforms

Google Chrome

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-noinfo

References