CVE-2018-16081

HighCVSS 7.4/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Allowing the chrome.debugger API to run on file:// URLs in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 69.0.3497.81 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to access files on the local file system without file access permission via a crafted Chrome Extension.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.4/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-862

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Jan 9, 2019
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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