The vulnerability of Google Chrome’s browser allows a hacker to replace the chrome_cleanup_tool.exe file.

The vulnerability in the Google Chrome browser’s browser/safebrowsing/srtfieldtrialwin.cc component does not use HTTPS protocol for the dl.google.com service when the Software Removal Tool is executed. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to replace the chromecleanuptool.exe fil...

UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1693

browser/safebrowsing/srtfieldtrialwin.cc in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.63 does not use the HTTPS service on dl.google.com to obtain the Software Removal Tool, which allows remote attackers to spoof the chromecleanuptool.exe aka CCT file via a man-in-the-middle attack on an HTTP session...