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CVE-2018-6176

Published: 27 June 2019

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.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
chromium-browser
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (68.0.3440.75-0ubuntu0.18.04.1)
cosmic
Released (68.0.3440.75-0ubuntu1)
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was ignored [no longer updated])
upstream
Released (68.0.3440.75)
xenial
Released (68.0.3440.75-0ubuntu0.16.04.1)
oxide-qt
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist
(trusty was ignored [Ubuntu touch end-of-life])
upstream Needs triage

xenial Ignored
(Ubuntu touch end-of-life)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H