CVE-2018-16088

A missing check for JS-simulated input events in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 69.0.3497.81 allowed a remote attacker to download arbitrary files with no user input via a crafted HTML page.

Published: Jan 9, 2019
Updated: Nov 8, 2023
CVE: CVE-2018-16088
Severity: Medium
Exploit:

CVSS v3:

Severity: Medium
Score: 6.5
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/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-20

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

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2666
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
https://crbug.com/848531
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-10

Vulnerability Database

CVE-2018-16088

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