6.5

CVE-2018-18344: debian debian_linux Improper Privilege Management

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2018-18344DEBIAN-CVE-2018-18344
Published 11-12-2018Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-18344 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 1.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 6.5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.50%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 3
DSA-4352-1OPENSUSE-SU-2018:4143-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10681-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1RHSA-2018:3803

Timeline

  1. 11-12-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Inappropriate allowance of the setDownloadBehavior devtools protocol feature in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 71.0.3578.80 allowed a remote attacker with control of an installed extension to access files on the local file system via a crafted Chrome Extension.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.50%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

74%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 1.50% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Redhat3 products
Debian2 products
Google1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • chromium-browser< 71.0.3578.80-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 | < 71.0.3578.80-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

4 vendors · 7 products

References

9 links