Google Chrome before 4.0.249.78 on Windows does not perform the expected encoding, escaping, and quoting for the URL in the --app argument in a desktop shortcut, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs or obtain sensitive information by tricking a user into creating a crafted shortcut.
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14306
http://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/dev/Home/chromium-security/chromium-security-bugs
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023506
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/01/stable-channel-update_25.html