Spoofing attack in Google Chrome - CVE-2018-17477

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Spoofing attack in Google Chrome - CVE-2018-17477

Published: October 23, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU15485
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-17477
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 an error in Blink. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website and conduct UI spoofing attack.


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-2018-17477

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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