Bypassing File URI Restrictions in Google Chrome Extensions

Bypassing File URI Restrictions in Google Chrome Extensions

CVE-2019-5838 · MEDIUM Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 75.0.3770.80 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass restrictions on file URIs via a crafted Chrome Extension.

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