Security restrictions bypass in Google Chrome - CVE-2018-6140

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Security restrictions bypass in Google Chrome - CVE-2018-6140

Published: May 31, 2018 / Updated: June 6, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU13087
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-2018-6140
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.

The weakness exists due to restrictions bypass in the debugger extension API. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website and bypass security restrictions to perform further attacks.

Affected software

Google Chrome
Debian Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Fedora
SUSE Linux
Opensuse
openSUSE Leap
chromium

How to mitigate CVE-2018-6140

Update to version 67.0.3396.62.

Google Chrome - update to 67.0.3396.62
chromium - addressed in versions 67.0.3396.79-1.el7, 67.0.3396.79-1.fc27, 67.0.3396.79-1.fc28

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