CVE-2018-6179

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium

CVSS6.5

Exploit probability—

Product

Google Chrome

PublishedJan 9, 2019

First seenJan 9, 2019

How to fix

Update

google chrome68.0.3440.75 or later

Vendor advisories

access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2282
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-01
debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4256

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
google chrome	v < 68.0.3440.75	68.0.3440.75
debian debian_linux	9.0	—
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop	6.0	—
redhat enterprise_linux_server	6.0	—
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation	6.0	—

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