{"id":"CVE-2018-16081","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-16081","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:27:04.218Z","title":"Allowing the chrome.debugger API to run on file:// URLs in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 69.0.3497.81 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to access files on the local file system without file access permission…","description":"Allowing the chrome.debugger API to run on file:// URLs in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 69.0.3497.81 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to access files on the local file system without file access permission via a crafted Chrome Extension.","published":"2019-01-09T19:29:02.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:43:41.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.4,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-862"],"affected":["google/chrome","redhat/enterprise linux desktop","redhat/enterprise linux server","redhat/enterprise linux workstation"],"epss":{"score":0.01044,"percentile":0.63956,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.04%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105215","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2666","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"https://crbug.com/666299","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-10","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105215","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2666","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://crbug.com/666299","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-10","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16081","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}