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CVE-2018-6179 (GCVE-0-2018-6179)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-01-09 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 05:54
VLAI
Summary
Insufficient enforcement of file access permission in the activeTab case in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 68.0.3440.75 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to access files on the local file system via a crafted Chrome Extension.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • Insufficient policy enforcement
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/07/sta… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2282 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-01 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4256 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://crbug.com/816685 x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104887 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Google Chrome Affected: unspecified , < 68.0.3440.75 (custom)
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Date Public
2019-01-09 00:00
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