CVE-2018-16081

Published Jan 9, 2019

Last updated a year ago

Overview

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.
Source
chrome-cve-admin@google.com
NVD status
Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0

Type
Primary
Base score
7.4
Impact score
4
Exploitability score
2.8
Vector string
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Severity
HIGH

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
4.3
Impact score
2.9
Exploitability score
8.6
Vector string
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-862

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations