CVE Vulnerability

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.

4.3 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope

6.5 /10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://crbug.com/816685 Issue Tracking Exploit
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4256 Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-01 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2282 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104887 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2019-01-09 07:29

Updated : 2019-01-16 03:10

NVD link : CVE-2018-6179

Mitre link : CVE-2018-6179

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-200