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CVE-2018-6179
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2019-01-09T19:29:11.167 · Last modified 2026-06-17T02:01:27.947

Summary

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.

Affected products

google — chrome

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References

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