Description
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.
Published: 2019-01-09
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4256-1 chromium-browser security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-17942 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.
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Debian Debian Linux
Google Chrome
Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop Enterprise Linux Server Enterprise Linux Workstation Rhel Extras
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T05:54:53.273Z

Reserved: 2018-01-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-6179

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-01-09T19:29:11.167

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:10:13.990

Link: CVE-2018-6179

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-6179 - Bugzilla

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