CVE-2018-6115 (GCVE-0-2018-6115)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-12-04 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 05:54
VLAI
Summary
Inappropriate setting of the SEE_MASK_FLAG_NO_UI flag in file downloads in Google Chrome prior to 66.0.3359.117 allowed a remote attacker to potentially bypass OS malware checks via a crafted HTML page.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • Inappropriate implementation
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/04/sta… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-22 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://crbug.com/819809 x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103917 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Google Chrome Affected: unspecified , < 66.0.3359.117 (custom)
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Date Public
2018-12-04 00:00
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