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CVE-2018-16081 json

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 convince…

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-7938

cvss
7.4
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.0%
EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 64%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • Google Chrome 69.0.3497.81
  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 69.0.3497.81-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 69.0.3497.81-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16081

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • chromium-browser RHEL 6 EXTRAS 69.0.3497.81-1.el6_10

red hat advisories RHSA-2018:2666

  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 93.0.4577.82-1.1
  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 113.0.5672.92-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10681-1openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1

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red hat product security vex CVE-2018-16081 updated cvss 6.5

chromium-browser: Local file access in DevTools

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 69.0.3497.81-1.el6_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 69.0.3497.81-1.el6_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 69.0.3497.81-1.el6_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:2666

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.04% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 64% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.4 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • Google Chrome

Classification

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