UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6152

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6152

    Published: 4 Dec 2018Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-6152

    Summary:

    Details: The implementation of the Page.downloadBehavior backend unconditionally marked downloaded files as safe, regardless of file type in Google Chrome prior to 66.0.3359.117 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page and user interaction.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-6152, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6152

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: chromium-browser

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -68.0.3440.75-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

    Affected versions

    45.0.2454.101-0ubuntu1.1201

    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