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CVE-2018-6152

N/A

Published: December 4, 2018 at 05:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:01 AM UTC

5 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxChromeEnterprise Linux Desktop

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 1%

Description

The implementation of the Page.downloadBehavior backend unconditionally marked downloaded files as safe, regardless of file type in Google Chrome prior to 66.0.3359.117 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page and user interaction.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Debian Linux · Debiandrupal

95%

Chrome · Googlenpm

95%

v < 66.0.3359.106v < 66.0.3359.117

Affected range stops below 66.0.3359.106, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 66.0.3359.117, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Enterprise Linux Desktop · Red Hatrubygems

95%

Enterprise Linux Server · Red Hatrubygems

95%

Enterprise Linux Workstation · Red Hatrubygems

95%

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (6)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BID

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104887

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT

Source: [email protected]

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2282

x_refsource_CONFIRMx_refsource_MISC

Source: [email protected]

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html

x_refsource_MISC

Source: [email protected]

https://crbug.com/805445

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO

Source: [email protected]

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-01

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN

Source: [email protected]

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4256

CVSS

6.8MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: PARTIAL
Integrity: PARTIAL
Availability: PARTIAL

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-434

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