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CVE-2018-16081

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.4)—

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.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (4)

Google — ChromeRedhat — Enterprise Linux DesktopRedhat — Enterprise Linux ServerRedhat — Enterprise Linux Workstation

CWEs

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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