CVE-2010-0556
browser/login/login_prompt.cc in Google Chrome before 4.0.249.89 populates an authentication...
browser/login/login_prompt.cc in Google Chrome before 4.0.249.89 populates an authentication dialog with credentials that were stored by Password Manager for a different web site, which allows user-assisted remote HTTP servers to obtain sensitive information via a URL that requires authentication, as demonstrated by a URL in the SRC attribute of an IMG element.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
browser/login/login_prompt.cc in Google Chrome before 4.0.249.89 populates an authentication dialog with credentials that were stored by Password Manager for a different web site, which allows user-assisted remote HTTP servers to obtain sensitive information via a URL that requires authentication, as demonstrated by a URL in the SRC attribute of an IMG element.
- Record
CVE-2010-0556- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-255
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
browser/login/login_prompt.cc in Google Chrome before 4.0.249.89 populates an authentication dialog with credentials that were stored by Password Manager for a different web site, which allows user-assisted remote HTTP servers to obtain sensitive information via a URL that requires authentication, as demonstrated by a URL in the SRC attribute of an IMG element.
- Record
CVE-2010-0556- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2010-0587 No score
browser/login/login_prompt.cc in Google Chrome before 4.0.249.89 populates an authentication dialog with credentials that were stored by Password Manager for a different web site, which allows user-assisted remote HTTP servers to obtain sensitive information via a URL that requires authentication, as demonstrated by a URL in the SRC attribute of an IMG element.
- Record
EUVD-2010-0587- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8wq4-qwwj-mvjj No score
browser/login/login_prompt.cc in Google Chrome before 4.0.249.89 populates an authentication...
browser/login/login_prompt.cc in Google Chrome before 4.0.249.89 populates an authentication dialog with credentials that were stored by Password Manager for a different web site, which allows user-assisted remote HTTP servers to obtain sensitive information via a URL that requires authentication, as demonstrated by a URL in the SRC attribute of an IMG element.
- Record
GHSA-8wq4-qwwj-mvjj- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2010-0556 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Google Chrome, published February 18, 2010. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.06%, the 64th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
securityfocus.com/bid/38177
osvdb.org/62319
sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/dev/Home/chromium-security/chromium-security-bugs
securitytracker.com/id?1023583
vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0361
code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=32718
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oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14407
googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/02/stable-channel-update.html
vsecurity.com/advisory/20100215-1.txt
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56216
secunia.com/advisories/38545
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0556
github.com/advisories/GHSA-8wq4-qwwj-mvjj