CVE-2018-6179
chromium-browser: Local file information leak in Extensions
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
-
*SSVC
Descriptions
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.
La aplicación insuficiente de los permisos de acceso a archivos en el caso activeTab en Extensions en Google Chrome, en versiones anteriores a la 68.0.3440.75, permitía que un atacante, que hubiese convencido a un usuario para que instale una extensión maliciosa, accediese a archivos en el sistema de archivos local mediante una extensión de Chrome manipulada.
*Credits:
N/A
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Attack Vector
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User Interaction
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Authentication
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* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
- Decision:-
Exploitation
Automatable
Tech. Impact
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
- 2018-01-23 CVE Reserved
- 2019-01-09 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/104887 | Vdb Entry | |
| https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html | X_refsource_confirm | |
| https://crbug.com/816685 | X_refsource_misc |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|
| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2282 | 2023-11-07 | |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-01 | 2023-11-07 | |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4256 | 2023-11-07 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6179 | 2018-07-30 | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1608203 | 2018-07-30 |
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" | < 68.0.3440.75 Search vendor "Google" for product "Chrome" and version " < 68.0.3440.75" | - |
Affected
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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" | - |
Affected
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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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