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CVE-2018-16081

Published: Jan 9, 2019

Modified: Aug 5, 2024

PUBLISHED

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
Google	Chrome	affected `unspecified - < 69.0.3497.81`

References

https://crbug.com/666299

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vdb-entry

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vendor-advisory

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https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html

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vendor-advisory

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