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CVE-2018-18344

MEDIUMEPSS 71th pctl

6.5

CVSS v3

Description

Inappropriate allowance of the setDownloadBehavior devtools protocol feature in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 71.0.3578.80 allowed a remote attacker with control of an installed extension to access files on the local file system via a crafted Chrome Extension.

CWE-269Improper Privilege Management

How to fix

Remediation Available

chromiumDebian

Fixed in:71.0.3578.80-1CVE-2018-18344

Fixed in:71.0.3578.80-1CVE-2018-18344

Fixed in:71.0.3578.80-1CVE-2018-18344

Fixed in:71.0.3578.80-1CVE-2018-18344

Google ChromeWindows application

Affected:71.0.3578.80Fixed in:71.0.3578.80Google LLC

Google Chrome (EXE)Windows application

Affected:71.0.3578.80Fixed in:71.0.3578.80Google LLC

Google Chrome BetaWindows application

Affected:71.0.3578.80Fixed in:71.0.3578.80Google LLC

Google Chrome Beta (EXE)Windows application

Affected:71.0.3578.80Fixed in:71.0.3578.80Google LLC

Google Chrome CanaryWindows application

Affected:71.0.3578.80Fixed in:71.0.3578.80Google LLC

Google Chrome DevWindows application

Affected:71.0.3578.80Fixed in:71.0.3578.80Google LLC

Google Chrome Dev (EXE)Windows application

Affected:71.0.3578.80Fixed in:71.0.3578.80Google LLC

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

1.50%probability of exploitation in 30 days

71stpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 71% of all known CVEs.

References

Other references6

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2017-12635	Critical	9.8	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-24637	Critical	9.8	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2017-5689	Critical	9.8	92%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-3243	Critical	9.8	88%	-	-
CVE-2024-21888	High	8.8	87%	-	-
CVE-2022-0441	Critical	9.8	85%	-	Fix

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