CVE-2015-1248

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Google Chrome versions prior to 40.0.2214.91 Opera (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue concerns the FileSystem API in Google Chrome and Opera, which can be exploited by a remote attacker to bypass the SafeBrowsing protection mechanism for executable files. This is achieved by creating an executable file in a temporary filesystem and then referencing it using a filesystem:http: URL.

Recommendations For Google Chrome versions prior to 40.0.2214.91, update to version 40.0.2214.91 or later to resolve the issue. For Opera, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.