MEDIUM
chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in DevTools
Published Feb 19, 2019
6.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.19%
Description
DevTools API not correctly gating on extension capability in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 72.0.3626.81 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to read local files via a crafted Chrome Extension.
Affected products
-
- Version unspecifiedStatusaffectedConstraints<72.0.3626.81
- Version
Configuration 2
- 9.0
Configuration 3
OR
- 6.0
- 6.0
- 6.0
Configuration 4
OR
- 29
- 30
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary
chromium-browser-0:72.0.3626.81-1.el6_10
Fixed · RHSA-2019:0309
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary | chromium-browser-0:72.0.3626.81-1.el6_10 | Fixed | RHSA-2019:0309 |
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.
6.5 MEDIUM NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
4.3 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.19% 0.01190
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01190
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 1.19% (0.01190) | 66.87th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 1.19% (0.01190) | 66.57th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.47% (0.00468) | 75.80th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 13, 2024 | 0.47% (0.00468) | 74.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.40% (0.00400) | 72.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 0.40% (0.00400) | 70.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.20% (0.00202) | 56.37th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 55.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 51.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 10.85% (0.10850) | 87.79th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 3.02% (0.03019) | 64.98th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 3.02% (0.03019) | 64.65th | v1 |
| Jan 5, 2022 | 0.69% (0.00689) | 48.95th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.69% (0.00689) | 0.00th | v1 |
Weaknesses (1)
References (11)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106767 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0309 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-5768 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1670752 Issue Tracking
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://crbug.com/805557 x_refsource_MISC
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JVFHYCJGMZQUKYSIE2BXE4NLEGFGUXU5/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZQOP53LXXPRGD4N5OBKGQTSMFXT32LF6/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5768
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-5768
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4395 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106767 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0309 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-5768 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1670752 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://crbug.com/805557 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JVFHYCJGMZQUKYSIE2BXE4NLEGFGUXU5/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZQOP53LXXPRGD4N5OBKGQTSMFXT32LF6/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5768 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-5768 | ||
| https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4395 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner Chrome
Published Feb 19, 2019
Updated Aug 4, 2024
Reserved Jan 9, 2019
Link CVE-2019-5768
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a