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GHSA-h5rc-j9f7-wmr8
GHSA-h5rc-j9f7-wmr8
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.400000095367432 HIGH
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 13, 2022
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.
Risk scores
CVSS 3.0
7.400000095367432
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Timeline
- May 13, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
- Apr 30, 2026 Security Advisory
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The same record, from the CLI:
vulnetix vdb vuln GHSA-h5rc-j9f7-wmr8
vulnetix vdb fixes GHSA-h5rc-j9f7-wmr8
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curl -s -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${VULNETIX_ORG_ID}:${VULNETIX_API_KEY}" \
"https://api.vdb.vulnetix.com/v2/vuln/GHSA-h5rc-j9f7-wmr8/fixes/registry"
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References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16081 advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2666 url
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-10 url
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105215 url
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html url
- https://crbug.com/666299 url