cve-2018-6176
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2019-06-27 16:13
Modified
2024-08-05 05:54
Severity ?
Summary
Insufficient file type enforcement in Extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 68.0.3440.75 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to perform privilege escalation via a crafted Chrome Extension.
References
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttps://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttps://crbug.com/666824
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://crbug.com/666824
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Google Chrome Version: unspecified   < 68.0.3440.75
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