CVE-2019-5838
published 2019-06-27CVE-2019-5838: Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 75.0.3770.80 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious…
PriorityP419medium4.3CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUIRSUCNILAN
EPSS
0.77%
51.9th percentile
Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 75.0.3770.80 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass restrictions on file URIs via a crafted Chrome Extension.
Affected
14 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| chromium | chromium | >= 0 < 75.0.3770.80-1 | 75.0.3770.80-1 |
| chromium | chromium | >= 0 < 75.0.3770.80-1 | 75.0.3770.80-1 |
| chromium | chromium | >= 0 < 75.0.3770.80-1 | 75.0.3770.80-1 |
| chromium | chromium | >= 0 < 75.0.3770.80-1 | 75.0.3770.80-1 |
| debian | chromium | < chromium 75.0.3770.80-1 (bookworm) | chromium 75.0.3770.80-1 (bookworm) |
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| fedoraproject | fedora | — | — |
| fedoraproject | fedora | — | — |
| chrome | < 75.0.3770.80 | 75.0.3770.80 | |
| chrome | >= unspecified < 75.0.3770.80 | 75.0.3770.80 | |
| opensuse | backports | — | — |
| opensuse | leap | — | — |
| opensuse | leap | — | — |
| opensuse | leap | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.14.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
osv4.3MEDIUM
vendor_debian4.3MEDIUM
vendor_redhat4.3MEDIUM
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Red Hat
chromium-browser: Overly permissive tab access in Extensions
vendor_redhat·2019-06-04·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2019-5838 [MEDIUM] chromium-browser: Overly permissive tab access in Extensions
chromium-browser: Overly permissive tab access in Extensions
Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 75.0.3770.80 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass restrictions on file URIs via a crafted Chrome Extension.
Debian
CVE-2019-5838: chromium - Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 75.0...
vendor_debian·2019·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2019-5838 [MEDIUM] CVE-2019-5838: chromium - Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 75.0...
Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 75.0.3770.80 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass restrictions on file URIs via a crafted Chrome Extension.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 75.0.3770.80-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 75.0.3770.80-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 75.0.3770.80-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 75.0.3770.80-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 75.0.3770.80-1)
GHSA
GHSA-h7hj-53wf-rwww: Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 75
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-24
CVE-2019-5838 [MEDIUM] CWE-20 GHSA-h7hj-53wf-rwww: Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 75
Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 75.0.3770.80 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass restrictions on file URIs via a crafted Chrome Extension.
OSV
CVE-2019-5838: Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 75
osv·2019-06-27·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2019-5838 [MEDIUM] CVE-2019-5838: Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 75
Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 75.0.3770.80 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass restrictions on file URIs via a crafted Chrome Extension.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-5838 chromium-browser: Overly permissive tab access in Extensions
bugzilla·2019-06-07·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2019-5838 [MEDIUM] CVE-2019-5838 chromium-browser: Overly permissive tab access in Extensions
CVE-2019-5838 chromium-browser: Overly permissive tab access in Extensions
An overly permissive tab access flaw was found in the Extensions component of the Chromium browser.
Upstream bug(s):
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=893087
External References:
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
Discussion:
Created chromium tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: epel-7 [bug 1718272]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1718271]
---
This issue has been addressed in the following products:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary
Via RHSA-2019:1477 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1477
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-5828 CVE-2019-5829 CVE-2019-5830 CVE-2019-5831 CVE-2019-5832 CVE-2019-5833 CVE-2019-5834 CVE-2019-5835 CVE-2019-5836 CVE-2019-5837 CVE-2019-5838 CVE-2019-5839 CVE-2019-5840 chromium: various
bugzilla·2019-06-07·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2019-5828 [HIGH] CVE-2019-5828 CVE-2019-5829 CVE-2019-5830 CVE-2019-5831 CVE-2019-5832 CVE-2019-5833 CVE-2019-5834 CVE-2019-5835 CVE-2019-5836 CVE-2019-5837 CVE-2019-5838 CVE-2019-5839 CVE-2019-5840 chromium: various
CVE-2019-5828 CVE-2019-5829 CVE-2019-5830 CVE-2019-5831 CVE-2019-5832 CVE-2019-5833 CVE-2019-5834 CVE-2019-5835 CVE-2019-5836 CVE-2019-5837 CVE-2019-5838 CVE-2019-5839 CVE-2019-5840 chromium: various flaws [epel-7]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of epel-7.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also ment
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-5828 CVE-2019-5829 CVE-2019-5830 CVE-2019-5831 CVE-2019-5832 CVE-2019-5833 CVE-2019-5834 CVE-2019-5835 CVE-2019-5836 CVE-2019-5837 CVE-2019-5838 CVE-2019-5839 CVE-2019-5840 chromium: various
bugzilla·2019-06-07·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2019-5828 [HIGH] CVE-2019-5828 CVE-2019-5829 CVE-2019-5830 CVE-2019-5831 CVE-2019-5832 CVE-2019-5833 CVE-2019-5834 CVE-2019-5835 CVE-2019-5836 CVE-2019-5837 CVE-2019-5838 CVE-2019-5839 CVE-2019-5840 chromium: various
CVE-2019-5828 CVE-2019-5829 CVE-2019-5830 CVE-2019-5831 CVE-2019-5832 CVE-2019-5833 CVE-2019-5834 CVE-2019-5835 CVE-2019-5836 CVE-2019-5837 CVE-2019-5838 CVE-2019-5839 CVE-2019-5840 chromium: various flaws [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of fedora-all.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please a
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00085.htmlhttps://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.htmlhttps://crbug.com/893087https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CPM7VPE27DUNJLXM4F5PAAEFFWOEND6X/https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FKN4GPMBQ3SDXWB4HL45II5CZ7P2E4AI/https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/19https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-18https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4500http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00085.htmlhttps://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.htmlhttps://crbug.com/893087https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CPM7VPE27DUNJLXM4F5PAAEFFWOEND6X/https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FKN4GPMBQ3SDXWB4HL45II5CZ7P2E4AI/https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/19https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-18https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4500
2019-06-27
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