File Access Permission Vulnerability in Google Chrome Extensions

CVE-2018-6179 · MEDIUM Severity

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

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.

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