PT-2018-3263 · Google+3 · Google Chrome+3

Sam P · Published 2018-07-24 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2018-6169

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Google Chrome versions prior to 68.0.3440.75

Description The issue is related to the lack of a timeout on the extension installation prompt in Google Chrome, allowing a remote attacker to initiate the installation of a malicious Chrome extension using a specially crafted HTML page. This could potentially lead to the installation of unwanted extensions.

Recommendations For Google Chrome versions prior to 68.0.3440.75, update to version 68.0.3440.75 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-2278

BDU:2019-04459

CVE-2018-6169

DSA-4256-1

MGASA-2018-0343

OPENSUSE-SU-2018_2134-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10681-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1

RHSA-2018:2282

RHSA-2018_2282

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Google Chrome

Red Hat

Suse

References · 2334

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-6169 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-04459 · Security Note
• https://debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4256 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6169 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=44892734 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-6169 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0343.html · Security Note
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2282 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2018-0343 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10681-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6169 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6169 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-4256-1 · Vendor Advisory