CVE-2018-6176

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CVSS 3.0

7.8 high

EPSS

<1%p40

Published

Jun 27, 2019 (Jun 27, 2019)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

Insufficient file type enforcement in Extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 68.0.3440.75 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to perform privilege escalation via a crafted Chrome Extension.

Vendors: google
Products: chrome
Weakness: CWE-20
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (0.5%)

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