Spoofing attack in Google Chrome - CVE-2018-6042
Published: January 25, 2018 / Updated: June 6, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10229
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6042
CWE-ID: CWE-451
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.
The vulnerability exists due to URL spoofing in OmniBox. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website and conduct domain spoofing attacks.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in address spoofing.
Affected software
Google Chrome
Debian Linux
Gentoo Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
SUSE Linux
Fedora
Opensuse
qt5-qtwebengine
Debian Linux
Gentoo Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
SUSE Linux
Fedora
Opensuse
qt5-qtwebengine
How to mitigate CVE-2018-6042
Update to version 64.0.3282.119.
Google Chrome - update to 64.0.3282.119
qt5-qtwebengine - addressed in versions 5.10.1-1.fc26, 5.10.1-1.fc27
qt5-qtwebengine - addressed in versions 5.10.1-1.fc26, 5.10.1-1.fc27