The OriginCanAccessServiceWorkers function in content/browser/service_worker/service_worker_dispatcher_host.cc in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.111 on Windows, OS X, and Linux and before 40.0.2214.109 on Android does not properly restrict the URI scheme during a ServiceWorker registration, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a filesystem: URI.
Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1211
Reference (s):
- BID:72497
- URL: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72497
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/02/chrome-for-android-update.html
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/02/stable-channel-update.html
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=453982