chromium-browser: Extensions can read some local files
Published Nov 25, 2019
6.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.59%
Description
Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions in Google Chrome prior to 77.0.3865.75 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to read local files via a crafted Chrome Extension.
Affected products
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- Version unspecifiedStatusaffectedConstraints<77.0.3865.75
- Version
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary
chromium-browser-0:77.0.3865.120-2.el6_10
Fixed · RHSA-2019:3211
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary | chromium-browser-0:77.0.3865.120-2.el6_10 | Fixed | RHSA-2019:3211 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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:N/A:N
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
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.59% (0.00593) | 46.40th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 0.59% (0.00593) | 47.04th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.09% (0.00090) | 38.95th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 0.09% (0.00090) | 37.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.10% (0.00101) | 39.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 24.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 5.25% (0.05246) | 75.87th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 1.15% (0.01146) | 29.80th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.26% (0.00258) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (6)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-5879 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1762377 Issue Tracking
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://crbug.com/986043 x_refsource_MISC
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5879
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-5879
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-5879 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1762377 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://crbug.com/986043 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5879 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-5879 |
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