Google Chrome up to 52.x DevTools information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Google Chrome up to 52.x and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component DevTools. Performing a manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability was named CVE-2018-6035. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Google Chrome up to 52.x (Web Browser). This affects an unknown part of the component DevTools. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Insufficient policy enforcement in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 64.0.3282.119 allowed a remote attacker to potentially leak user local file data via a crafted Chrome Extension.

The bug was discovered 01/24/2018. The weakness was presented 01/24/2018 by Masato Kinugawa (Paul) with Tencent (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at chromereleases.googleblog.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-6035 since 01/23/2018. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 106486 (Google Chrome < 64.0.3282.119 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 236634 (Red Hat Update for chromium-browser (RHSA-2018:0265)).

Upgrading to version 53.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (106486), SecurityFocus (BID 102797†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1040282†). See VDB-112550, VDB-112551, VDB-112552 and VDB-112553 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 106486
Nessus Name: Google Chrome < 64.0.3282.119 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)
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OpenVAS ID: 864007
OpenVAS Name: Google Chrome Security Updates(stable-channel-update-for-desktop_24-2018-01)-Linux
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Chrome 53.0

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01/25/2018 +1 days 🔍
01/28/2018 +3 days 🔍
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09/25/2018 +237 days 🔍
02/03/2023 +1592 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: RHSA-2018:0265
Researcher: Masato Kinugawa (Paul)
Organization: Tencent
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-6035 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-6035
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-112563

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SecurityFocus: 102797 - Google Chrome Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1040282

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Entryinfo

Created: 01/28/2018 10:38
Updated: 02/03/2023 08:04
Changes: 01/28/2018 10:38 (78), 12/30/2019 15:41 (11), 02/03/2023 08:04 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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