CVE-2018-6179 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Reference

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

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

6.5