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CVE-2019-5768
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2019-02-19T17:29:01.237 · Last modified 2026-06-17T02:38:10.160

Summary

DevTools API not correctly gating on extension capability in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 72.0.3626.81 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to read local files via a crafted Chrome Extension.

Affected products

google — chrome

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References

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