CVEvulnerability

CVE-2018-6176

7.8 HIGH Published 2019-06-27 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2019-06-27
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-20

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• google chrome (< 68.0.3440.75)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References