CVE-2018-6176

published 2019-06-27

CVE-2018-6176: Insufficient file type enforcement in Extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 68.0.3440.75 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process…

Priority P3 39 high 7.8 CVSS 3.0

AV L AC L PR L UI N S U C H I H A H

Insufficient file type enforcement in Extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 68.0.3440.75 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to perform privilege escalation via a crafted Chrome Extension.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
google	chrome	< 68.0.3440.75	68.0.3440.75
google	chrome	>= unspecified < 68.0.3440.75	68.0.3440.75

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.0 7.8 HIGH CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd v2.0 4.6 MEDIUM AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

osv 7.8 HIGH

vendor_redhat 7.8 HIGH

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