CVE-2018-6045 (GCVE-0-2018-6045)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-09-25 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 05:54
VLAI
Summary
Insufficient policy enforcement in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 64.0.3282.119 allowed a remote attacker to potentially leak user local file data via a crafted Chrome Extension.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/01/sta… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://crbug.com/797497 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4103 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102797 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040282 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0265 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Date Public
2018-01-24 00:00
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