CVE-2018-16081

Description

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.

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-10

https://crbug.com/666299

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2666

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105215

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3