7.4

CVE-2018-16081: google chrome Missing Authorization

CVSS: 7.4v3.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2018-16081
Published 09-01-2019Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-16081 is a high (CVSS 7.4) Missing Authorization vulnerability in google chrome. EPSS estimates a 1.04% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 63.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.4/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.04%
0%100%
Low · -0.02 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 2
DSA-4289-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10681-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1RHSA-2018:2666

Timeline

  1. 09-01-2019
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Allowing the chrome.debugger API to run on file:// URLs in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 69.0.3497.81 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to access files on the local file system without file access permission via a crafted Chrome Extension.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.04%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

64%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.02 pp

From 1.06% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
1.04%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Redhat3 products
Ubuntu2 products
  • chromium-browser< 69.0.3497.81-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 | < 69.0.3497.81-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  • oxide-qtAll versions (No fix recorded)
Google1 product
  • chrome≥ unspecified, < 69.0.3497.81 | < 69.0.3497.81

3 vendors · 6 products

References

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