CVE-2018-6179

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    CVE-2018-6179

    Published: 9 Jan 2019Last Modified: 10 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://crbug.com/816685, , http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104887, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-01, https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4256, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2282, https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html

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    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

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