CVE-2018-20065 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Handling of URI action in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 71.0.3578.80 allowed a remote attacker to initiate potentially unsafe navigations without a user gesture via a crafted PDF file.

Published: 2019-01-09

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Google

Chrome

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 71.0.3578.80

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-12640	Handling of URI action in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 71.0.3578.80 allowed a remote attacker to initiate potentially unsafe navigations without a user gesture via a crafted PDF file.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00377.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
https://crbug.com/851821

History

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Subscriptions

Google Chrome

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published: 2019-01-09T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T11:51:18.976Z

Reserved: 2018-12-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-20065

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-01-09T19:29:03.323

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:00:50.243

Link: CVE-2018-20065

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

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