Detections
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CVE-2018-6176

high

Description

Insufficient file type enforcement in Extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 68.0.3440.75 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to perform privilege escalation via a crafted Chrome Extension.

References

https://crbug.com/666824

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-06-27

Updated: 2023-11-07

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

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

Severity: High