9.6
CRITICAL CVSS 3.0
CVE-2018-6152
Google Chrome Sandbox Escalation
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 4, 2018, 5:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 4:10 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-6152 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Redhat enterprise_linux_desktop
2 Redhat enterprise_linux_server
3 Redhat enterprise_linux_workstation
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Google chrome
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
CVSS 3.0 CRITICAL [email protected]
Solution
Follow the instructions below to mitigate the CVE-2018-6152 vulnerability.
Update the RHEL chromium-browser package based on the guidance in RHSA-2018:2282.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-6152 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2018-6152 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-6152 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-6152 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104887
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2282
    Added Reference https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
    Added Reference https://crbug.com/805445
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-01
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4256
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Chrome https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome https://crbug.com/805445 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2282 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-01 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4256 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104887 [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference Google Inc. https://crbug.com/805445
    Removed Reference Google Inc. https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
    Removed Reference Google Inc. https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4256
    Removed Reference Google Inc. https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-01
    Removed Reference Google Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2282
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104887
  • CVE Source Update by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Source Google Inc. Chrome
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 05, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2282 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2282 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html No Types Assigned https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-01 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-01 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104887 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104887 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://crbug.com/805445 No Types Assigned https://crbug.com/805445 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4256 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4256 Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-434
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 66.0.3359.106
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 09, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description The implementation of the Page.downloadBehavior backend unconditionally marked downloaded files as safe, regardless of file type in Google Chrome prior to 66.0.3359.106 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. 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.
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 05, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4256 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-01 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2282 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104887 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 9.6
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 6.8
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.92 }} -0.87%

score

0.73794

percentile