CVE-2008-5749
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 3.7%EU EUVD
Argument injection vulnerability in Google Chrome 1.0.154.36 on Windows XP SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the --renderer-path option in a chromehtml: URI. NOTE: a third party disputes this issue, stating that Chrome "will ask for user permission" and "cannot launch the applet even [if] you have given out the permission.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-94
- EPSS score
- 3.7% (90th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-5719)
- Published
- December 29, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-5719 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- google / chrome
- microsoft / windows xp
References
- http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_chrome.html(Exploit)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4821
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499570/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499581/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499616/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32997
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7566
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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