chromium-browser: Local file write in DevTools
Published Dec 4, 2018
9.6
CRITICALCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.31%
Description
The implementation of the Page.downloadBehavior backend unconditionally marked downloaded files as safe, regardless of file type in Google Chrome prior to 66.0.3359.117 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page and user interaction.
Affected products
-
- Version unspecifiedStatusaffectedConstraints<66.0.3359.117
- Version
Configuration 2
- 6.0
- 6.0
- 6.0
Configuration 3
- 9.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary
chromium-browser-0:68.0.3440.75-1.el6_10
Fixed · RHSA-2018:2282
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary | chromium-browser-0:68.0.3440.75-1.el6_10 | Fixed | RHSA-2018:2282 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.31% (0.01315) | 69.69th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.31% (0.01315) | 66.90th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 1.79% (0.01789) | 71.52th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 1.27% (0.01268) | 85.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 29, 2024 | 1.27% (0.01268) | 85.73th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 28, 2023 | 1.39% (0.01387) | 84.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01414) | 84.98th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 5.38% (0.05378) | 91.90th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 55.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 29.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.60% (0.00603) | 13.49th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.60% (0.00603) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (11)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104887 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2282 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6152 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1608208 Issue Tracking
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://crbug.com/805445 x_refsource_MISC
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6152
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-01 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6152
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4256 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104887 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2282 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6152 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1608208 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html | ||
| https://crbug.com/805445 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6152 | ||
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-01 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6152 | ||
| https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4256 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
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