CVE-2018-6179
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.
- Score
- CVSS 3.0 6.5 Medium
- Status
- Modified - chrome-cve-admin@google.com
- Published
- 2019-01-09
- Last modified
- 2024-08-05
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
Affected products
- Debian Linux (Debian)
- Chrome (Google)
- Enterprise Linux Desktop (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux Server (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux Workstation (Redhat)
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104887
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2282
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://crbug.com/816685
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-01
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4256
