CVE-2018-6169

medium

Description

Lack of timeout on extension install prompt in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 68.0.3440.75 allowed a remote attacker to trigger installation of an unwanted extension via a crafted HTML page.

References

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

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html

https://crbug.com/394518

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

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

Details

Published: 2019-01-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

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