UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6179
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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://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-6179, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6179
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
