{"id":"CVE-2018-18344","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-18344","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T22:10:05.503Z","title":"Inappropriate allowance of the setDownloadBehavior devtools protocol feature in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 71.0.3578.80 allowed a remote attacker with control of an installed extension to access files on the local file system via a crafted…","description":"Inappropriate allowance of the setDownloadBehavior devtools protocol feature in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 71.0.3578.80 allowed a remote attacker with control of an installed extension to access files on the local file system via a crafted Chrome Extension.","published":"2018-12-11T16:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:47:02.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":6.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-269"],"affected":["google/chrome","debian/debian linux","redhat/enterprise linux desktop","redhat/enterprise linux server","redhat/enterprise linux workstation"],"epss":{"score":0.01498,"percentile":0.74107,"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":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.50%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106084","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3803","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"https://crbug.com/866426","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-18","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4352","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106084","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3803","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://crbug.com/866426","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-18","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4352","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18344","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."}