Spoofing attack in Google Chrome - CVE-2018-6096

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Spoofing attack in Google Chrome - CVE-2018-6096

Published: April 19, 2018 / Updated: June 11, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU11997
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:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6096
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 unspecified error. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website and conduct spoof the Fullscreen UI.


Affected software

Google Chrome
Gentoo Linux
Debian Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Fedora
SUSE Linux
chromium

How to mitigate CVE-2018-6096

Update to version 66.0.3359.117.

Google Chrome - update to 66.0.3359.117
chromium - addressed in versions 66.0.3359.181-2.fc27, 66.0.3359.181-2.fc28, 66.0.3359.181-3.el7, 67.0.3396.79-1.el7

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