CVE-2019-5838
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CVE-2019-5838 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 4.3/10 on the CVSS scale. Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 75.0.3770.80 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass restrictions on file URIs via a crafted Chrome Extension.. EPSS estimates a 0.78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 75.0.3770.80 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass restrictions on file URIs via a crafted Chrome Extension.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Chrome | < 75.0.3770.80 | |
| Opensuse | Backports | sle-15 |
| Opensuse | Leap | 15.0 |
| Opensuse | Leap | 15.1 |
| Opensuse | Leap | 42.3 |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | 29 |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | 30 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | 10.0 |
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Timeline
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- Status
- Modified
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