CVE-2018-6176

EUVD-2018-17939
Insufficient file type enforcement in Extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 68.0.3440.75 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to perform privilege escalation via a crafted Chrome Extension.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
7.8 HIGH
LOCAL
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 24%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
googlechrome
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< 68.0.3440.75
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= Vulnerable software versions
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
chromium-browser
bionic
Fixed 68.0.3440.75-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
released
cosmic
Fixed 68.0.3440.75-0ubuntu1
released
trusty
dne
xenial
Fixed 68.0.3440.75-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
released
oxide-qt
bionic
dne
cosmic
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
ignored
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
https://crbug.com/666824
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
https://crbug.com/666824