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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 att

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 68.0.3440.75
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Google Chrome

    fixed in 68.0.3440.75

References 6

chromereleases.googleblog.com

access.redhat.com

security.gentoo.org

debian.org

crbug.com

securityfocus.com