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CVE-2018-18344

Inappropriate allowance of the setDownloadBehavior devtools protocol feature in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 71.0.3578.80 allowed a…

Published 7 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
6.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.5%
percentile 74%
Public exploits
0
none known

Inappropriate allowance of the setDownloadBehavior devtools protocol feature in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 71.0.3578.80 allowed a remote attacker with control of an installed extension to access files on the local file system via a crafted Chrome Extension.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.50% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.06.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD2.04.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
Technology feeds
Google Chrome (RSS, critical only)

References

  • crbug.com /866426 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • chromereleases.googleblog.com /2018/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2018:3803 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • debian.org /security/2018/dsa-4352 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/106084 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • security.gentoo.org /glsa/201908-18 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred

Sources

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