CVE-2018-6152

critical

Description

The implementation of the Page.downloadBehavior backend unconditionally marked downloaded files as safe, regardless of file type in Google Chrome prior to 66.0.3359.117 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page and user interaction.

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2282

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html

https://crbug.com/805445

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-01

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4256

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-12-04

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical