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critical 9.6

CVE-2018-6152 in the critical feed json

The implementation of the Page.downloadBehavior backend unconditionally marked downloaded files as safe, regardless of file type in Google…

published 2018-12-04 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-17915

cvss
9.6
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.3%
EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 70%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • Google Chrome 66.0.3359.117
  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 68.0.3440.75-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 68.0.3440.75-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6152

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • chromium-browser RHEL 6 EXTRAS 68.0.3440.75-1.el6_10

red hat advisories RHSA-2018:2282

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-2018-6152 updated cvss 6.5

chromium-browser: Local file write in DevTools

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 68.0.3440.75-1.el6_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 68.0.3440.75-1.el6_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 68.0.3440.75-1.el6_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:2282

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 70% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 9.6 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • Google Chrome

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
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References

Sources

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