CVE-2018-6179 — Sensitive Information Exposure in Google Chrome

CWE-200 — Sensitive Information Exposure6 documents6 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.5%
top 32.70%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
5
Google ChromeDebian LinuxRedhat Enterprise Linux Desktop+2 more
Timeline
PublishedJan 9
Latest updateMay 14

Description

Insufficient enforcement of file access permission in the activeTab case in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 68.0.3440.75 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to access files on the local file system via a crafted Chrome Extension.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages5 packages

▶CVEListV5google/chromeunspecified — 68.0.3440.75
▶NVDgoogle/chrome< 68.0.3440.75

Also affects: Debian Linux 9.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-83j2-pmf7-p2m2: Insufficient enforcement of file access permission in the activeTab case in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 68↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2018-6179: Insufficient enforcement of file access permission in the activeTab case in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 68↗2019-01-09
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CVEList
CVE-2018-6179: Insufficient enforcement of file access permission in the activeTab case in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 68↗2019-01-09
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
chromium-browser: Local file information leak in Extensions↗2018-07-24
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-6179 chromium-browser: Local file information leak in Extensions↗2018-07-25
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