VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-6140
Allowing the chrome.debugger API to attach to Web UI pages in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 67.0.3396.62 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Chrome Extension.
HIGH 8.8EPSS 2.64%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.64%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Allowing the chrome.debugger API to attach to Web UI pages in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 67.0.3396.62 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Chrome Extension.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.64% probability · 85th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- google/chrome · debian/debian linux · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux workstation
- Source
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104309
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041014
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1815
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_58.html
- https://crbug.com/798222
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4237
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104309
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041014
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1815
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_58.html
- https://crbug.com/798222
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4237
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.