CVE-2018-16081

Allowing the chrome.debugger API to run on file:// URLs in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 69.0.3497.81 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to access files on the local file system without file access permission via a crafted Chrome Extension.

Published: Jan 9, 2019
Updated: Nov 8, 2023
CVE: CVE-2018-16081
Severity: High
Exploit:

CVSS v3:

Severity: High
Score: 7.4
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2:

Severity: Low
Score: 4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CWEs:

CWE-862

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
google / chrome	-	69.0.3497.81
redhat / enterprise_linux_desktop	6.0	6.0.x
redhat / enterprise_linux_server	6.0	6.0.x
redhat / enterprise_linux_workstation	6.0	6.0.x

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105215
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2666
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
https://crbug.com/666299
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-10

Vulnerability Database

CVE-2018-16081

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