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CVE-2018-6179

Publication date 9 January 2019

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
chromium-browser 18.10 cosmic
Fixed 68.0.3440.75-0ubuntu1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 68.0.3440.75-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 68.0.3440.75-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
oxide-qt 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N