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CVE-2018-16084 Detail

Current Description

The default selected dialog button in CustomHandlers in Google Chrome prior to 69.0.3497.81 allowed a remote attacker who convinced the user to perform certain operations to open external programs via a crafted HTML page.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  01/09/2019
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Impact

CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.1 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N (V3 legend)
Impact Score: 2.7
Exploitability Score: 2.8

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Changed
Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): Low
Availability (A): None

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.3 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Partial
Availability (A): None
Additional Information:
Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Allows unauthorized modification

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Hyperlink Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105215 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2666 Third Party Advisory
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html Vendor Advisory
https://crbug.com/865202 Issue Tracking Mitigation Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-10 Third Party Advisory

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

  • Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)

Change History

2 change records found - show changes

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-16084
NVD Published Date:
01/09/2019
NVD Last Modified:
01/29/2019