CVE-2018-6109
chromium-browser: Incorrect handling of files by FileAPI
Severity Score
6.5
*CVSS v3
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
0
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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*KEV
Decision
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*SSVC
Descriptions
readAsText() can indefinitely read the file picked by the user, rather than only once at the time the file is picked in File API in Google Chrome prior to 66.0.3359.117 allowed a remote attacker to access data on the user file system without explicit consent via a crafted HTML page.
readAsText() puede leer indefinidamente el archivo escogido por el usuario, en lugar de solo una vez cuando se elige el archivo en la API File en Google Chrome , en versiones anteriores a la 66.0.3359.117, lo que permitía que un atacante remoto accediese a los datos en el sistema de archivos del usuario sin consentimiento explícito mediante una página HTML manipulada.
*Credits:
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* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
- Decision:-
Exploitation
Automatable
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Timeline
- 2018-01-23 CVE Reserved
- 2018-04-24 CVE Published
- 2024-08-04 EPSS Updated
- 2024-08-05 CVE Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CAPEC
References (8)
| URL | Tag | Source |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103917 | Vdb Entry | |
| https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html | X_refsource_confirm | |
| https://crbug.com/710190 | X_refsource_misc |
| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1195 | 2023-11-07 | |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-22 | 2023-11-07 | |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4182 | 2023-11-07 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6109 | 2018-04-23 | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1568789 | 2018-04-23 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | ||||||
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Google Search vendor "Google" | Chrome Search vendor "Google" for product "Chrome" | < 66.0.3359.117 Search vendor "Google" for product "Chrome" and version " < 66.0.3359.117" | - |
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| Debian Search vendor "Debian" | Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" | 8.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "8.0" | - |
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| Debian Search vendor "Debian" | Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" | 9.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "9.0" | - |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux Desktop Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop" | 6.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop" and version "6.0" | - |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux Server Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server" | 6.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server" and version "6.0" | - |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux Workstation Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Workstation" | 6.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Workstation" and version "6.0" | - |
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