chromium-browser: Allowing the chrome.debugger API to run on file:// URLs in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 69.0.3497.81 allowed an...
CVE-2018-16081 is fixed in 5 products on 1 platform, first by chromium-browser 69.0.3497.81-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, released June 27, 2019. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.
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.
Where it's fixed
| Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | |||
| chromium-browser · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 69.0.3497.81-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | chromium-browser 69.0.3497.81-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | Jun 27, 2019 |
| chromium-browser-l10n · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 69.0.3497.81-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | chromium-browser-l10n 69.0.3497.81-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | Jun 27, 2019 |
| chromium-chromedriver · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 69.0.3497.81-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | chromium-chromedriver 69.0.3497.81-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | Jun 27, 2019 |
| chromium-codecs-ffmpeg · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 69.0.3497.81-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | chromium-codecs-ffmpeg 69.0.3497.81-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | Jun 27, 2019 |
| chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 69.0.3497.81-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra 69.0.3497.81-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | Jun 27, 2019 |
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