Medium severity · published Jun 27, 2019
CVE-2019-5838
Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 75.0.3770.80 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass…
4.3
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 75.0.3770.80 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass restrictions on file URIs via a crafted Chrome Extension.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 55% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CH
Chrome · Google
before 75.0.3770.80 · source: NVD
BA
Backports · Opensuse
sle-15 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
29; 30 · source: NVD
LE
Leap · Opensuse
15.0; 15.1; 42.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5838
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-5838
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00085.html
chromereleases.googleblog.com
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
crbug.com
https://crbug.com/893087
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CPM7VPE27DUNJLXM4F5PAAEFFWOEND6X/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FKN4GPMBQ3SDXWB4HL45II5CZ7P2E4AI/
seclists.org
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/19
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