CVE-2018-16081 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Google Chrome versions prior to 69.0.3497.81, as well as various Red Hat Enterprise Linux distributions. This flaw allowed a malicious Chrome extension to access local file system data without explicit permission by leveraging the chrome.debugger API on file:// URLs within DevTools. The attack requires user interaction to install the malicious extension, but once installed, it could lead to high confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion, with only one mention and one media article identified.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 69.0.3497.81CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.