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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.3

CVE-2018-16087 json

Lack of proper state tracking in Permissions in Google Chrome prior to 69.0.3497.81 allowed a remote attacker to bypass navigation restrict…

published 2019-01-09 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-7944

cvss
4.3
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.0%
EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 62%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Lack of proper state tracking in Permissions in Google Chrome prior to 69.0.3497.81 allowed a remote attacker to bypass navigation restrictions via a crafted HTML page.

Patch / fix

  • Google Chrome 69.0.3497.81
  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 69.0.3497.81-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 69.0.3497.81-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16087

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  • chromium-browser RHEL 6 EXTRAS 69.0.3497.81-1.el6_10

red hat advisories RHSA-2018:2666

  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 93.0.4577.82-1.1
  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 113.0.5672.92-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10681-1openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2018-16087 updated cvss 4.3

chromium-browser: Multiple download restriction bypass

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 69.0.3497.81-1.el6_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 69.0.3497.81-1.el6_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 69.0.3497.81-1.el6_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:2666

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Exploit prediction

0.97% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 62% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 4.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • Google Chrome

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
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References

Sources

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