DevTools API Vulnerability Allows Unauthorized File Access via Malicious Chrome Extension

CVE-2019-5768 · MEDIUM Severity

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

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.

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