PT-2018-3272 · Google+3 · Google Chrome+3

Khalil Zhani · Published 2018-07-24 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2018-6178

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/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 errors in security settings in the DevTools component of Google Chrome, allowing an attacker to exploit it by convincing a user to install a malicious extension. This could enable the attacker to hide Chrome Security UI and potentially manipulate the user interface via a crafted Chrome Extension.

Recommendations For versions prior to 68.0.3440.75, update to version 68.0.3440.75 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the installation of extensions to trusted sources and avoiding the use of unverified Chrome Extensions.

Exploit

Fix

Clickjacking

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-254

CWE-1021

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-2278

BDU:2019-04468

CVE-2018-6178

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 · 2335

• 🔥 https://crbug.com/823194 · Exploit
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6178 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-6178 · Vendor Advisory
• https://debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4256 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-04468 · Security Note
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=44892734 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6178 · Security Note
• 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://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-6178 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6178 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-01 · Vendor Advisory