MEDIUM
chromium-browser: Permissions bypass in extension installation
Published Jan 9, 2019
6.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.35%
Description
Lack of timeout on extension install prompt in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 68.0.3440.75 allowed a remote attacker to trigger installation of an unwanted extension via a crafted HTML page.
Affected products
-
- Version unspecifiedStatusaffectedConstraints<68.0.3440.75
- Version
Configuration 2
- 9.0
Configuration 3
OR
- 6.0
- 6.0
- 6.0
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.
Weaknesses (1)
References (10)
- 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-2018-6169 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1608193 Issue Tracking
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://crbug.com/394518 x_refsource_MISC
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6169
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-01 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6169
- 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-2018-6169 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1608193 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://crbug.com/394518 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6169 | ||
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-01 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6169 | ||
| https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4256 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner Chrome
Published Jan 9, 2019
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Jan 23, 2018
Link CVE-2018-6169
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a