File API in Google Chrome prior to 66.0.3359.117 allows unauthorized indefinite file reading

CVE-2018-6109 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

readAsText() can indefinitely read the file picked by the user, rather than only once at the time the file is picked in File API in Google Chrome prior to 66.0.3359.117 allowed a remote attacker to access data on the user file system without explicit consent via a crafted HTML page.

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