Vulnerability CVE-2018-16081: Information

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.

Severity: HIGH (7.4) Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

URL: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16081
Published: Jan. 9, 2019
Modified: Nov. 7, 2023
Error type identifier: CWE-862

Fixed packages

Package name
Branch
Fixed in version
Version from repository
Errata ID
Task #
State
chromiumsisyphus69.0.3497.81-alt1125.0.6422.141-alt1ALT-PU-2018-2292-1212690Fixed
chromiump1069.0.3497.81-alt1119.0.6045.159-alt0.p10.1ALT-PU-2018-2292-1212690Fixed
chromiump969.0.3497.81-alt197.0.4692.99-alt0.p9.1ALT-PU-2018-2292-1212690Fixed
chromiumc10f169.0.3497.81-alt1110.0.5481.177-alt1.p10.1ALT-PU-2018-2292-1212690Fixed
chromiumc9f269.0.3497.81-alt184.0.4147.105-alt1.1.p9ALT-PU-2018-2292-1212690Fixed
chromiump1169.0.3497.81-alt1125.0.6422.141-alt1ALT-PU-2018-2292-1212690Fixed

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Hyperlink
Resource
https://crbug.com/666299
    105215
      RHSA-2018:2666
        https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
          GLSA-201811-10

              1. Configuration 1

                cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
                End excliding
                69.0.3497.81

                Configuration 2

                cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
                cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
                cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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