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CVE-2018-16088 (GCVE-0-2018-16088)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-01-09 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 10:17
VLAI
Summary
A missing check for JS-simulated input events in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 69.0.3497.81 allowed a remote attacker to download arbitrary files with no user input via a crafted HTML page.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • Policy bypass
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://crbug.com/848531 x_refsource_MISC
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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