CVE-2018-6179
Insufficient enforcement of file access permission in the activeTab case in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 68.0.3440.75 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to access files on the local file system via a…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.18%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Insufficient enforcement of file access permission in the activeTab case in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 68.0.3440.75 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to access files on the local file system via a crafted Chrome Extension.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.18% probability · 67th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- google/chrome · debian/debian linux · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux workstation
- Source
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com
EPSS 1.2% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104887
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2282
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://crbug.com/816685
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-01
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4256
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104887
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2282
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://crbug.com/816685
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-01
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4256
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.