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.
                
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Advisories
    | Source | ID | Title | 
|---|---|---|
|  Debian DSA | DSA-4289-1 | chromium-browser security update | 
|  EUVD | EUVD-2018-7938 | 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. | 
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 MITRE
                        MITRE
                    Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Chrome
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T10:17:37.008Z
Reserved: 2018-08-29T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2018-16081
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 NVD
                        NVD
                    Status : Modified
Published: 2019-01-09T19:29:02.227
Modified: 2024-11-21T03:52:03.963
Link: CVE-2018-16081
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                        Redhat
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