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CVE-2018-6179

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5 EPSS 1.18%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2019-01-09 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2018-6179
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.5
EPSS
1.18%
Chrome

Original NVD Description

Insufficient enforcement of file access permission in the activeTab case in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 68.0.3440.75 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to access files on the local file system via a crafted Chrome Extension.