High severity7.4NVD Advisory· Published Jan 9, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-16081

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.

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Google/Chrome3 versions
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <69.0.3497.81
- (no CPE)range: <69.0.3497.81
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
Red Hat/Enterprise Linux Desktop
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Red Hat/Enterprise Linux Server
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Red Hat/Enterprise Linux Workstation
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
osv-coords
pkg:rpm/opensuse/chromium&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
Range: < 93.0.4577.82-1.1

cvss	0.481
epss	0.001
exploit	0.000
kev	0.000
patch	0.000
ransomware	0.000

CVE-2018-16081

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