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medium6.5

CVE-2019-5768

DevTools API not correctly gating on extension capability in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 72.0.3626.81 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to instal…

Impact

DevTools API not correctly gating on extension capability in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 72.0.3626.81 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to read local files via a crafted Chrome Extension.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
GoogleChrome
before 72.0.3626.81
DebianDebian Linux
Version 9.0
RedhatEnterprise Linux Desktop
Version 6.0
RedhatEnterprise Linux Server
Version 6.0
RedhatEnterprise Linux Workstation
Version 6.0
FedoraprojectFedora
Versions 29, 30

Weakness classification

References