CVE-2018-6096 describes a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome (prior to version 66.0.3359.117), as well as affected distributions like Debian and Red Hat. This flaw allowed a remote attacker, via a crafted HTML page, to obscure the fullscreen notification by having a JavaScript-focused window overlap it. With a CVSS score of 6.5, this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires user interaction, potentially leading to high integrity impacts by deceiving users about their browser's fullscreen status. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, indicating a low current exploitation risk.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 66.0.3359.117CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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