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CVE-2018-16081

Date: January 9, 2019

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.

Severity Score

Related Resources (9)

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16081
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105215
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-10
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2666
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-16081
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16081
https://crbug.com/666299
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2018-16081

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Missing Authorization

CWE-862

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): REQUIRED
Scope (S): CHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE
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