CVE-2018-18353 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting Google Chrome on Android prior to version 71.0.3578.80, as well as Debian and Red Hat distributions. It allowed a remote attacker to display a misleading HTTP authentication dialog by preventing its dismissal during navigation, thereby confusing the user about the dialog's true origin. The attack requires user interaction (UI:R) and has a high impact on integrity (I:H), with a CVSS score of 6.5. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, though it has received some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 71.0.3578.80CPE 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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