Spoofing attack in Google Chrome - CVE-2018-6049
Published: January 25, 2018 / Updated: June 6, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10234
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-2018-6049
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 UI spoofing in Permissions. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into visiting it 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
Opensuse
Debian Linux
Gentoo Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
SUSE Linux
Opensuse
How to mitigate CVE-2018-6049
Update to version 64.0.3282.119.
Google Chrome - update to 64.0.3282.119