CVE-2018-6179

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CVSS 3.0

6.5 medium

EPSS

1%p66

Published

Jan 9, 2019 (Jan 9, 2019)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

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.

Vendors: google debian redhat
Products: chrome, debian linux, enterprise linux desktop, enterprise linux server, enterprise linux workstation
Weakness: CWE-200
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (1.2%)

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