Description
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: 2019-01-09
Score: 7.4 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4289-1 chromium-browser security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-7938 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.
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Google Chrome
Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop Enterprise Linux Server Enterprise Linux Workstation Rhel Extras
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T10:17:37.008Z

Reserved: 2018-08-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-16081

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-01-09T19:29:02.227

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:52:03.963

Link: CVE-2018-16081

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-16081 - Bugzilla

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