CVE-2018-6109

medium

Description

readAsText() can indefinitely read the file picked by the user, rather than only once at the time the file is picked in File API in Google Chrome prior to 66.0.3359.117 allowed a remote attacker to access data on the user file system without explicit consent via a crafted HTML page.

References

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4182

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-22

https://crbug.com/710190

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1195

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103917

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-01-09

Updated: 2023-11-07

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium