Sandbox escape in Google Chrome - CVE-2018-17462

 

Sandbox escape in Google Chrome - CVE-2018-17462

Published: October 23, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU15468
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-17462
CWE-ID: CWE-265
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Google
Affected software:
Google Chrome

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The weakness exists due to sandbox escape in AppCache. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website, escape sandbox in AppCache and gain unauthorized access to the system to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

Successful exploitation on the vulnerability may result in system compromise.

How to mitigate CVE-2018-17462

Update to version 70.0.3538.67.

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