CVE-2018-6109

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    CVE-2018-6109

    Published: 9 Jan 2019Last Modified: 10 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103917, https://crbug.com/710190, , https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1195, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-22, https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4182, https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html

    Affected packages

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    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High