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CVE-2018-16081 (GCVE-0-2018-16081)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-01-09 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 10:17
VLAI
Summary
Allowing the chrome.debugger API to run on file:// URLs in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 69.0.3497.81 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to access files on the local file system without file access permission via a crafted Chrome Extension.
Severity
7.4 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • Insufficient policy enforcement
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://crbug.com/666299 x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105215 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2666 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/09/sta… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-10 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Google Chrome Affected: unspecified , < 69.0.3497.81 (custom)
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Date Public
2019-01-09 00:00
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