CVE-2018-6176 Privilege escalation in Chrome

What is CVE-2018-6176?

CVE-2018-6176 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 27 Jun 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Insufficient file type enforcement in Extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 68.0.3440.75 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to perform privilege escalation via a crafted Chrome Extension.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-6176?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2018-6176?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2018-6176 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-6176 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-9q7g-q6v6-xppx, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6176.