CVE-2018-16081

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CVSS 3.0

7.4 high

EPSS

1%p63

Published

Jan 9, 2019 (Jan 9, 2019)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

Allowing the chrome.debugger API to run on file:// URLs in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 69.0.3497.81 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to access files on the local file system without file access permission via a crafted Chrome Extension.

Vendors: google redhat
Products: chrome, enterprise linux desktop, enterprise linux server, enterprise linux workstation
Weakness: CWE-862
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (1.1%)

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