Sandbox escape in Google Chrome - CVE-2018-17462

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Sandbox escape in Google Chrome - CVE-2018-17462

Published: October 23, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU15468
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-17462
CWE-ID: CWE-265
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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.

Affected software

Google Chrome
Debian Linux
Arch Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Opensuse
Fedora
chromium

How to mitigate CVE-2018-17462

Update to version 70.0.3538.67.

Google Chrome - update to 70.0.3538.67
chromium - addressed in versions 70.0.3538.77-4.fc27, 70.0.3538.77-4.fc28, 70.0.3538.77-4.fc29, 70.0.3538.110-1.fc28

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