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Vulnerabilities / CVE-2018-6152

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CVE-2018-6152

chromium-browser: Local file write in DevTools

Published Modified CWE 434
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.6CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat6.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Red Hat (medium), Ubuntu (medium).

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 packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
debian 8chromium-browserno fix listed
debian 9chromium-browser68.0.3440.75-1~deb9u1
ubuntu 16.04chromium-browser68.0.3440.75-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
ubuntu 18.04chromium-browser68.0.3440.75-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
ubuntu 18.10chromium-browser68.0.3440.75-0ubuntu1

References

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