CVE-2018-6179

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 6.5
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-6179
  • Assigner
  • cve-coordination@google.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2019-01-09T19:29:11
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-01-16T15:10:59
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-200 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/200.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 68.0.3440.75
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 6.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://crbug.com/816685 Issue Tracking Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4256 Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-01 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2282 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104887 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6179
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6179
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 08:00:28 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 16:10:42 security@google.com cve-coordination@google.com CVE Assigner updated
2022-12-03 16:10:42 2019-01-09T19:29Z 2019-01-09T19:29:11 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 16:10:42 2019-01-16T15:10:59 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 16:10:42 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated