Allowing the chrome.debugger API to attach to Web UI pages in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 67.0.3396.62 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Chrome Extension.

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Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4237-1 chromium-browser security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-17903 Allowing the chrome.debugger API to attach to Web UI pages in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 67.0.3396.62 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Chrome Extension.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T05:54:53.158Z

Reserved: 2018-01-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-6140

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-01-09T19:29:09.870

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:10:08.780

Link: CVE-2018-6140

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2018-05-29T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-6140 - Bugzilla

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