CVE-2018-6140

Allowing the chrome.debugger API to attach to Web UI pages in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 67.0.3396.62 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Chrome Extension.

Published: Jan 9, 2019
Updated: Nov 8, 2023
CVE: CVE-2018-6140
Severity: High
Exploit:

CVSS v3:

Severity: High
Score: 8.8
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

Severity: High
Score: 9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CWEs:

CWE-20

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
google / chrome	-	67.0.3396.62
debian / debian_linux	9.0	9.0.x
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/104309
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041014
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1815
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_58.html
https://crbug.com/798222
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4237

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CVE-2018-6140

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